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hankie

NOUN
handkerchief
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“Keep your hankie in your bag; it’s not meant to be twisted.”

From The Guardian Sep. 19, 2020

In the latest installment of our Designer D.I.Y. series, the designer embroiders a lover’s hankie.

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

When the other antagonist is North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, the nightmare can’t be dismissed as the twisted hankie of the persistently worried.

From Washington Post Sep. 5, 2017

I bend down and pick it up, holding it in my fingers like a kid holds something filthy, like a used hankie.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak




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