kerchief
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The Well said: "If you want me to give you some Water, you must go to the Dressmaker and get me a Kerchief."
From The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Fillmore, Parker
The Dressmaker said: "If you want me to give you a Kerchief, you must go to the Shoemaker and get me a pair of Slippers."
From The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Fillmore, Parker
Yesterday being the Lord's Day, Mother was hugely scared during Morning Service, by seeing an old Lady put her Kerchief to her Nose, look hither and thither, and, finally, walk out of Church.
From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Manning, Anne
"Kerchief" came from two French words "couvre," to cover, and "chef," the head.
From Stories from Tagore by Tagore, Rabindranath
Kerchief is here used in its original and proper sense.
From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John
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