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hankie

NOUN
handkerchief
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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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