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handkerchief
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[ noun ] (clothing) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
Used in print (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)It spread to most of the audience and was often viewed by visiting whites who snickered behind handkerchief and afterward discussed Negro religion . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station_wagon , feeling in his trouser_cuffs for the ignition_key which he had dropped a moment before , she came_out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head , which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad , and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window . She was personally sloppy , and when she had colds would blow her nose in the same handkerchief all day and keep it , soaking wet , dangling from her waist , and when she gardened she would eat dinner with dirt on her calves . Related terms |
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