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Definition of Handkerchief

1. Noun. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.

Definition of Handkerchief

1. n. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.

Definition of Handkerchief

1. Noun. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. ¹

2. Noun. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Handkerchief

1. [n -CHIEFS or -CHIEVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Handkerchief

Literary usage of Handkerchief

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"From handkerchief light, the correct route for vessels bound for New York Is by a single straight course west, three quarters south to Cross Rip light, ..."

2. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"protruding from below the white handkerchief look exceedingly comical, while the knot on top will be at once recognized as the bather's head, ..."

3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"face as well as she could with her handkerchief, she darted across the hall, jumped into the chaise, and in a moment was driven from the door. ..."

4. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"THE handkerchief Exquisite, airy thing, Linen and lace, Soft as a white dove's wing, Brushing her face. Pure as the tea-rose bloom, Queen of its band, ..."

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