Definition of handbag positive

handbag positive

• Used on medical charts in the UK to indicate that the patient is an elderly female, due to the possession of a handbag.

  Citation: "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003

  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).

  Last edited on Mar 23 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.

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