handkerchief

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[ US /ˈhæŋkɝtʃif, ˈhæŋkɝtʃɪf/ ]
[ UK /hˈændkət‍ʃˌiːf/ ]
NOUN
  1. a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
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How To Use handkerchief In A Sentence

  • Other handy bits and pieces like plasters, handkerchief, aftersun and a needle and thread can also come in handy, and don't take up too much room.
  • A big Chinaman, remarkably evil-looking, with his head swathed in a yellow silk handkerchief and face badly pock-marked, planted a pike-pole on the White and Yellow
  • The woman wiped her sweaty face with a bright red handkerchief and bobbed her head in the direction of the coopery. City of Glory
  • We were also greeted by a large man in rumpled chef's whites and a rakish black beret, a handkerchief knotted jauntily around his neck.
  • He pulled a grimy handkerchief from his pocket and let fly with a wet honk into the rag, then he looked at them with bleary eyes.
  • Yes, it's my handkerchief.
  • handed her his pristine white handkerchief
  • He is coughing green slime into a handkerchief and the penny drops. Times, Sunday Times
  • He picked through cards and dice and handkerchiefs until he found three ropes of unequal lengths.
  • But best of all was the pool: where most villas boast pocket-handkerchief paddling pools, here was a pool in which to do solitary laps before breakfast, while staring out over miles of burnt-umber fields. Sleeping with the Finzi-Continis: Sicily's Madonie mountains
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