mouchoir
Americannoun
plural
mouchoirsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A nostalgic patina permeates the poignant metier which broods over the pervading mouchoir.
From Time Magazine Archive
N�ron, accoutum� � toutes les recherches de la volupt�, s'avance � cheval, les pieds nus, en chemise, couvert d'un vieux manteau dont la couleur �tait pass�e, un mouchoir sur le visage.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Not to be outdone by her mother-in-law on the mouchoir question, she displayed a white muslin handkerchief thickly embroidered with gold thread—more ornamental than useful.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 by Various
No, I'll embroider on papa's mouchoir case; I've been at it for thirteen months.
From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
In a minute or two, the gendarme came up and presented O’Brien with an old silk handkerchief, saying, “Votre mouchoir, monsieur.”
From Peter Simple by Marryat, Frederick
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
