handkerchief

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Thomas Hampson, a 67-year-old American baritone, starred as President Richard Nixon, complete with hunched shoulders and a sweaty face he repeatedly dabbed with a white handkerchief.

From Seattle Times

Gen. John Lambert, who assumed command after Pakenham died, is shown burying his face in a white handkerchief as he weeps.

From Los Angeles Times

The poet's words, the miner's gem, and the seamstress's handkerchief would all be priced very differently in a store, but they represent the same value: a piece of oneself, given with love.

From Salon

He at one point took a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his nose and eyes.

From Washington Post

Health curriculums arrived in public schools in the 1920s, including the “handkerchief drill,” in which children as young as kindergarten students were taught to sneeze into their handkerchiefs with “military-style precision.”

From Washington Post