[
UK
/hˈæŋki/
]
NOUN
- a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
How To Use hankie In A Sentence
- Just remember to have some hankies handy. Times, Sunday Times
- I had 35 shillings wrapped up in a hankie in my mackintosh pocket.
- She dabs her eyes with a hankie, and pushes the shy girl toward our table. ELVIS HAS LEFT THE CHITLIN STRUT • by Jeanne Holtzman
- There were months of handwringing and hankie clutching and ‘how will we ever sleep again knowing that political activity took place in the People's House!’
- Gone are the handkerchief codes of the seventies, where a hankie in the left pocket indicated a guy was a top, and the right indicated a bottom.
- She rummaged in her jewellery box, found the hankie mixed up with her gloves. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
- Senator William Evatts who was noted as a long speaker was making his speech and dragging it out as usual when he stopped for a moment to sneeze, the boy thinking it was over waved the hankie and Bartholdi pulled the cord to release the flag.
- She had on long white gloves and a feather boa, as she sauntered onto the scene clutching her handkerchief she pretended to faint, and drop the hankie.
- A number of other women on the block were likewise kind, wiping my blood with white hankies.
- When I went to primary school, many aeons ago, the only kit required was a satchel, a gymslip and a clean hankie. Back to school
