handkerchief

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Thomas Hampson, a 67-year-old American baritone, starred as President Richard Nixon, complete with hunched shoulders and a sweaty face he repeatedly dabbed with a white handkerchief.

From Seattle Times

Gen. John Lambert, who assumed command after Pakenham died, is shown burying his face in a white handkerchief as he weeps.

From Los Angeles Times

In a poem about teaching her daughter to ride a bicycle, she compared the young girl’s hair, flapping behind in the wind, to a “handkerchief waving / goodbye.”

From Washington Post

Her neck was wrapped in a green handkerchief, the signature of Latin American abortion-rights activists.

From New York Times

You might reach into your pocket for a novelty handkerchief to do a magic trick with, and, instead, out comes a long reel of classified microfilm.

From Washington Post