kerchief
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Kerchief, towel, duster, rubber, Cannot wipe my weeping dry— Whaling still I lose my blubber, Catching wails from Lucy's eye.
From Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 by Various
It was plain—whatever was obscure—that the play of the Lady's Kerchief was a cover for matter more serious.
From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John
Yesterday being the Lord's Day, Mother was hugely scared during Morning Service, by seeing an old Lady put her Kerchief to her Nose, look hither and thither, and, finally, walk out of Church.
From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Manning, Anne
Kerchief is here used in its original and proper sense.
From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John
The Well said: "If you want me to give you some Water, you must go to the Dressmaker and get me a Kerchief."
From The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Fillmore, Parker
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