hankie
Example Sentences
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He is the picture of success, in a three-piece suit, pocket hankie and a white fedora.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
In the latest installment of our Designer D.I.Y. series, the designer embroiders a lover’s hankie.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2020
When he dropped the hankie to the floor, there was inevitably a scramble amongst the audience to retrieve it.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2018
In these post-truth times, journalists are fighting the equivalent of a firestorm with a bottle of water and a wet hankie.
From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2017
Drop the of: Penelope keeps her hankie inside her glove. kudos.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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