How to pronounce “handbags at dawn”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (British, humorous, idiomatic) A catty squabble.
• (New Zealand, informal) Competitors on a sporting field (often in a rugby game) getting into a fight; looking threatening but not really doing any damage.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

handbags, handed-down, sandbags, sandbagging, sandbag, sand bag, sands of time, sampaguita, sand cat, santagata