Straw Definition–noun | 1. | a single stalk or stem, esp. of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley. | | 2. | a mass of such stalks, esp. after drying and threshing, used as fodder. | | 3. | material, fibers, etc., made from such stalks, as used for making hats or baskets. | | 4. | the negligible value of one such stalk; trifle; least bit: not to care a straw. | | 5. | a tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container: to sip lemonade through a straw. | | 6. | anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance. | –adjective | 9. | of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw: a straw hat. | | 10. | of the color of straw; pale yellow. | | 11. | of little value or consequence; worthless. | —Idioms | 13. | catch, clutch, or grasp at a straw, at straws, or at any straw or straws, to seize at any chance, no matter how slight, of saving oneself from calamity. | | 14. | draw straws, to decide by lottery using straws or strawlike items of different lengths, usually with the short straw or straws determining the person chosen or the loser. | |
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Handbag Definition–noun | 1. | a bag or box of leather, fabric, plastic, or the like, held in the hand or carried by means of a handle or strap, commonly used by women for holding money, toilet articles, small purchases, etc. | |
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Mail Online UK - Found Jan. 5, 2009
The final straw came as I was being dropped off at London Fashion Week. ... everyday, I got out my favourite Anya Hindmarch brown leather handbag.
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"Happy Days", Indeed
Paris Voice - Found Jan. 2, 2009
... by a fit, attractive Winnie with an eye for fashion : her handbag is a chunky black leather tote, her hat a sassy straw cowboy, her compact a...
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Accessories complement your looks!
ArticleBliss.com - Found Dec. 30, 2008
... designed to make laptops (even if it is into the handbag) readily, viewable for X ... Raffia Straw Hat: This raffia straw hat is lightweight, ...
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Pure Anya Hindmarch goodieness
Grazia Magazine - Found Dec. 23, 2008
Anya has created a classic straw hamper but given it an '08 twist with ... contains a Xmas cracker with a chance to win an Anya Hindmarch handbag.
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Fashion's in the bag
Herald South Africa - Found Nov. 26, 2008
... a close second - and for everyone, on any budget, the handbag is the ... beach bag, which is comfortably big and may incorporate fabric or ...
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Teenagers who filled me with hope
Lowestoft Journal - Found Dec. 5, 2008
... help a pensioner cross the road, she'll think they're after her handbag. ... The last straw was Shoesmith suspended on her full £110,000 pay
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How I brought the Provos' girl with a gun in from the cold
Observer - Found Dec. 6, 2008
... active Provo volunteer, she now carried a gun in her handbag, a fact I ... nightly slaughter on the nine o'clock news, this was the last straw.
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Fashion Statement: Millinery mafia hit the British Fashion Awards
Guardian Unlimited - Found Nov. 27, 2008
I wore his mini lacquered straw pyramid to Buckingham Palace. ... the winner receiving the bag, but also the full proceeds of the handbag's cost ...
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The Times - Found Nov. 13, 2008
... hoping that Tess Daly and Vernon Kay get the short straw for 2009. Or ... a bottle of Harveys Bristol Cream stashed in her handbag, covering ...
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