pocket-handkerchief
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pocket-handkerchief
First recorded in 1635–45
Example Sentences
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“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 Literature
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
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
He wore a baggy tuxedo with a white pocket-handkerchief.
From Los Angeles Times
Take your pocket-handkerchief, pass it through the back of any ordinary chair, and bring the ends evenly towards you, holding them for an instant with your right hand, which must, pro tem., represent the buckle.
From Project Gutenberg
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