handkerchief
Noun
Meaning
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.
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Examples
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
He reduced everything to politics; he was also unalterably of the Left. His line may have been unpopular or unfashionable, but he followed it unhesitatingly; in fact it was an obsession. He could not blow his nose without moralising on conditions in the handkerchief industry.
She kissed me, her mouth tasting of liverwurst on rye. She sat back, breathing with relief. I took out my handkerchief and wiped the sweat from my forehead...She pulled me down and her arms went around me and we fought until I thought it was absurd. I sat back and tried to think of another escape.
I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.
I bought her this handkerchief... and I didn't even know her size.
You can't throw a handkerchief over somebody's mouth.