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handbaggings

handbaggings is the plural of handbagging.

Meaning of handbagging

Noun

handbagging (plural handbaggings)

  1. (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.1994, Jonathan Petre, By Sex Divided: The Church of England and Women Priests, Fount, →ISBN, page 100

Questions about handbaggings

What is handbaggings the plural of?
Handbaggings is the plural of handbagging.

Words near handbaggings in the dictionary

  1. handbagful
  2. handbagged
  3. handbagger
  4. handbaggers
  5. handbagging
  6. handbaggings
  7. handbaggy
  8. handbagless
  9. handbags
  10. handbags at dawn
  11. handbags at ten paces

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