handbags exclamation 1noun 1phrases 2 exclamation1 •(UK, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.Person A: Not another cheeseburger, Marcia?Person B: What's it to you? noun1 •(UK, slang) An insignificant fight or argument."It was just a scuffle in a pub, a bit of… handbags. Nine times out of ten, people are nice to us." — 2011 Phrases with handbags handbags at dawnA catty squabble. the handbags come outA row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.