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In the fourth act, there was a scene which proved particularly moving, and, for that reason, was called the 'sc�ne des mouchoirs.'

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

If the population clings still to its douillettes, mouchoirs, and foulards, the fact is largely due to the cheapness of such attire.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio

A cheap trunk with broken hinges contains her modest little wardrobe: a few mouchoirs, or kerchiefs, used for head-dresses, a spare douillette, or long robe, and some tattered linen.

From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio

"Then go to my boudoir, open the rose-wood clothes case, bring down the skirts, a dozen or two of the mouchoirs, the laces and hose."

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

Yet that fine French lady introduced the fashion of handkerchiefs by continually raising delicate lace mouchoirs to her lips to hide her bad teeth.

From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Sanborn, Kate