pocket-handkerchief
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pocket-handkerchief
First recorded in 1635–45
Example Sentences
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It’s only a pocket-handkerchief size — it’s not a big garden — but nonetheless, there was something to be found, every time.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2020
Levit appeared on stage a fashionable young man with close-cropped hair and a fitted, stylish suit with a sharp white pocket-handkerchief that made him look like a film star from the '30s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2015
"I weep for you," the Walrus said: "I deeply sympathize" With sobs and tears he sorted out Those of the largest size, Holding his pocket-handkerchief Before his streaming eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hurling himself onto the pocket-handkerchief stage, the divine Miss M's carbon copy skittered and tittered while belting out Midler's theme song, Friends.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wemmick’s attention being thus directed to his brooch, he put down the cast, and polished the brooch with his pocket-handkerchief.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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