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
“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
She even took a hankie she tied to the strap of her undershirt and cried into it.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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