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handkerchief

noun as in personal cloth

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Her mother waved a white handkerchief as they walked, “because the planes were constantly flying overhead” and “so we’d be recognized as civilians.”

Grandma dabs her cheeks with a handkerchief.

The Marquess of Tilbury’s doddering hand rose to his pocket handkerchief.

He didn’t notice that his pocket handkerchief had a tail.

Then I was thrust back with the handkerchief into his pocket, nose and whiskers first.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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