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
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
"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
“Well!” she cried, picking up the pocket-handkerchief, “if that don’t make seven times! What ARE you a-doing of this afternoon, Mum!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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