- handbag BrE, purse AmE
- حَقِيبَة يَدٍ نسائِيّة \ handbag BrE, purse AmE: a woman’s small bag for carrying money, keys, etc..
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
handbag BrE, purse AmE
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purse — 1 noun 1 (C) BrE a small container for keeping coins in, made of leather, cloth, plastic etc, used especially by women; change purse AmE: She took a pound coin out of her purse. | Hayley snapped her purse shut. 2 (C) BrE a small flat leather… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
purse — purse1 S3 [pə:s US pə:rs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Late Latin; Origin: bursa; BURSAR] 1.) a) especially BrE a small bag in which women keep paper money, coins, cards etc American Equivalent: wallet ▪ Julie opened her handbag and took out her purse … Dictionary of contemporary English
purse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (esp. BrE) for carrying money ADJECTIVE ▪ leather ▪ change (AmE) VERB + PURSE ▪ open ▪ snatch … Collocations dictionary
American English — 1. general. Fowler in Modern English Usage (1926) did not include an entry on American English and said little on the subject, although he cast occasional aspersions on so called ‘undesirable aliens’ (such as belittle). Since then attitudes to… … Modern English usage
Stocking — This article is about the article of clothing primarily worn by women. For other uses, see Stocking (disambiguation). A pair of dark grey nylon stockings. A stocking, (also known as hose, especially in a historical context), is a close fitting,… … Wikipedia
