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handkerchief

[hang-ker-chif, -cheef] / ˈhæŋ kər tʃɪf, -ˌtʃif /
NOUN
personal cloth
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His repeated attempts to flex expensive restaurant bills and hardman tough talk land like a waterlogged handkerchief after he’s spent song after song cataloging all the specific ways we’ve all hurt his feelings.

From Salon May 21, 2026

"He landed it on a handkerchief," says Aiken.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

A man desperately searching for a handkerchief while trying to stifle a sneeze, the world’s oldest magician making a comeback — these hilarious bits require no context.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

He says he knows from experience the perilous nature of racing, with jockeys balanced over a saddle the size of a large handkerchief and horses bunched together running up to 40 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

I rubbed the dust from her coat with my handkerchief.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 7, 2026

Decades ago, the air was so polluted that her children wore handkerchiefs over their mouths when they went to school.

From Salon May 10, 2026

Her history of Kleenex tissues is a tour de force: We learn that the Kimberly-Clark Corp., which owns Kleenex, played on the fear that reusable handkerchiefs were essentially wads of tuberculosis germs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Once there, the players frantically waved white table handkerchiefs above their heads to a live rendition of Freed From Desire expertly played by the in-house saxophonist.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2025

Men and women raised their hands in the air, waved handkerchiefs, snapped their fingers as they tapped the ground, then stomped with their feet.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat




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