Sentence:  Alison was still sound asleep ; he made fresh coffee and searched through all the desk drawers for more cigarettes before thinking of her <WSD>handbag</WSD> , and found a crumpled stray cigarette at its bottom , which tasted peculiarly of face powder . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)