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Meanings of hankey in English

Portuguese
lenço
Catalan
mocador
Spanish
pañuelo

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

lenço
Synonyms
Examples for "handkerchief"
Examples for "handkerchief"
1
In fact, he carried nothing but the lunch wrapped in the handkerchief.
Lost Face
2
One lady drops her handkerchief; a gentleman picks it up; she blushes.
The Story of an African Farm
3
As for the handkerchief and the revolver, they were in the tool-bag.
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
4
The handkerchief wadded up in his left hand was almost entirely red.
Rain gods
5
The way I feel right now, I'd suck on his tubercular handkerchief.
Brains: a zombie memoir
1
I'll be here throughout the procedure to protect you against any hanky-panky.
Dayworld Breakup
2
So no more hanky-panky, just GI Joes and Barbies from now on.
Bitch is the new black: a memoir
3
He wipes his glasses with a hanky and puts them back on.
Boston noir
4
Tucking the hanky into my pocket, I headed for the driveway ramp.
After midnight
5
Now use your hanky, and let's be jolly-andbegin to enjoy ourselves.
The Devil's Garden
1
Slidell reached behind his back and yanked a hankie from his pocket.
Flash and Bones
2
Harker coughed into a hankie that was stained and wet with phlegm.
Bones Never Lie
3
Marshall subsequently became best known for more conventional romantic comedies and hankie-endangering weepies.
The Irish Times
4
I don't have room for so much as a hankie in my closets.
Second chance
5
She got her hankie out of her pocket and sneezed lightly three times.
The stand
Usage of hankey in English
1
Only the mis-remembered hankey-pankey of the Dead Old Man.
The Research Magnificent
2
Be sure if you think any one has suddenly changed his character unaccountably, there has been some hankey-pankey with that person's Doowee.
The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
3
He is working in the chain-gang to which Hankey was made sub-overseer.
For the Term of His Natural Life
4
Hankey fell into the surf, and never moved after the first blow.
For the Term of His Natural Life
5
One felt with Hankey that he was born for whatever was arduous.
The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
6
Hankey then shows that this war is articulating religion as never before.
Giant Hours with Poet Preachers
7
As I told Hankey, I have not yet made up my mind.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2
8
May 16th.- Asub-overseer , amannamed Hankey, has been talking to me.
For the Term of His Natural Life
9
Mrs. Hankey, as was her wont, groaned both in spirit and in person.
The Farringdons
10
The company appointed Evans Hankey as vice president of industrial design.
Reuters
11
There was also Sir Maurice Hankey, the Belgian Minister, the American Ambassador, Mr.
The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
12
Apparently you attach as much importance to rosy cheeks as Mother Hankey does.
The Farringdons
13
Hankey has been too long away from executive work to realize that difficulty.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2
14
Hankey, who is not a bad-hearted man, gave him the sprig.
For the Term of His Natural Life
15
They say they're afraid you'll murder them as you murdered Hankey.
For the Term of His Natural Life
16
By the way, is Mrs. Hankey as melancholy as ever, Chris?
The Farringdons
Translations for hankey
Portuguese
lenço
Spanish
pañuelo
Hankey through the time