mouchoir
Americannoun
plural
mouchoirsExample Sentences
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“My new fan just matches my flowers, my gloves fit to a charm, and the real lace on Aunt’s mouchoir gives an air to my whole dress. If I only had a classical nose and mouth I should be perfectly happy,” she said, surveying herself with a critical eye and a candle in each hand.
From Literature
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Absent all that, I will douse myself in Guerlain’s Mouchoir de Monsieur, a powdery granddad concoction first formulated in 1904, and then fire up the old laptop.
From New York Times
Ah, mon Dieu, je vous prie, Avant que de parler, prenez-moi ce mouchoir.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
Le mouchoir qui couvrait son visage tombe; un pr�torien qui se trouvait l� le ramasse et le rend � l'empereur, qu'il salue par son nom.
From Project Gutenberg
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