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handkerchief

noun as in personal cloth

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The lives of 60 criminals deported from Anglesey for crimes as small as stealing a handkerchief have been traced by a team of volunteers and researchers.

From BBC

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

The suspect wore black, his face covered by a handkerchief, Barrientos said.

The finale should run you through a pack of handkerchiefs, unless you are some sort of heartless monster.

And a handkerchief’s purpose, other than as a fashion statement, is to keep things tidy when blowing one’s nose.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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