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the handbags come out

A row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.

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  • Coined 2004, circa March 2nd, by Jeremy St. Louis on the radio show Fox Sports World Report. From women hitting each other with handbags during a catfight; compare earlier handbags, handbags at dawn.
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Die Handtaschen kommen heraus

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