In UK English, a purse is a wallet/billfold or change purse, and a handbag is the larger container that would hold said item.
The exhorbitant price of designer handbags supports the thesis. Even "lower end" stuff like the Radley bags are still pretty costly for someone on an average income.
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Re: Endangered, but not extinct
Date: 2016-09-26 08:06 pm (UTC)The exhorbitant price of designer handbags supports the thesis. Even "lower end" stuff like the Radley bags are still pretty costly for someone on an average income.