hankie

Example Sentences

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He is the picture of success, in a three-piece suit, pocket hankie and a white fedora.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022

When he dropped the hankie to the floor, there was inevitably a scramble amongst the audience to retrieve it.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2018

This I hated to see, if only because one of the great things about Ms. Olds’s verse is that she never seems to be carrying a hankie at all, much less a fancy hankie.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2016

The Dodgers have Kershaw and Greinke and grab a hankie.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2014

“The smell is particularly wretched today,” declared a pretty, blond lady, pressing a lace hankie to her nose to keep the stench away.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan