(UK, humorous) A verbal attack or criticism.
(UK, humorous) A verbal attack or criticism.
Much of the resistance to women at the altar had always derived from women in the pews; Dr Hewitt's handbagging style helped to undermine the feminists' refrain that these women's conservatism was the result of brutal oppression by men.
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(British, transitive, idiomatic, humorous, metonym) To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).
(UK, slang) An insignificant fight or argument.
(British, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
(UK, slang) A man exploited by a woman as an escort to social events.
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(British, humorous, idiomatic) A catty squabble.