social handbag

English

Noun

social handbag (plural social handbags)

  1. (UK, slang) A man exploited by a woman as an escort to social events.
    • 2007, Helen Bianchin, The Marriage Possession (page 42)
      He's serious eye-candy, and does service as a social handbag.
    • 2013, Nikki Logan, How To Get Over Your Ex (page 92)
      This was the sort of thing she used to rely on Dan for. Her social handbag.

References

  • Tony Thorne (2014) “social handbag”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury
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