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
When he dropped the hankie to the floor, there was inevitably a scramble amongst the audience to retrieve it.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2018
Don’t be afraid to dampen the lacy hankie for this one.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 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
He swiped his hankie across his slick forehead and waved me on with a bouncing nod and smile.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
