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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

There was a tap on the roof and many soaked shirts and handkerchief in water and pressed them to their mouths.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

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

Taking my handkerchief out of my pocket, I started dabbing my monkey bites.

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

The devil only occasionally played a part in ads for fashion products, such as perfumes, makeup and handkerchiefs.

From Salon ● May 17, 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

At the forefront is Unitree, which went viral in January after its humanoid robots performed a Chinese folk dance live, marching rhythmically while tossing and twirling handkerchiefs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

True to form, they are clad almost entirely in black and white and grey with bright touches of red on ties or handkerchiefs.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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