hankie
Example Sentences
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They got a kiss, a scarf or a perspiration-filled hankie in return, keeping the crowd in a frenzy for the full hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
“Keep your hankie in your bag; it’s not meant to be twisted.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2020
Lightly pencil the desired initials on the silk hankie, then stretch it over “your prettiest” embroidery hoop.
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
She yanked her hankie out of her pocket and dabbed at herself over and over and said, “How can you ask me about things like that?”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
