carry-on vs handbag

carry-on

noun
  • A bag, suitcase, etc., used to carry this luggage or baggage. 

  • That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked. 

  • A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation. 

adj
  • Taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked. 

handbag

noun
  • A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items. 

verb
  • To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman). 

How often have the words carry-on and handbag occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )