hankie
Example Sentences
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“Keep your hankie in your bag; it’s not meant to be twisted.”
From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 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
Don’t be afraid to dampen the lacy hankie for this one.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 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
He holds the hankie against the neck of the jug and tips the whole thing upside down.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
