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Meanings of hankie in English
Synonyms
Examples for "handkerchief"
Examples for "handkerchief"
1
In fact, he carried nothing but the lunch wrapped in the handkerchief.
2
One lady drops her handkerchief; a gentleman picks it up; she blushes.
3
As for the handkerchief and the revolver, they were in the tool-bag.
4
The handkerchief wadded up in his left hand was almost entirely red.
5
The way I feel right now, I'd suck on his tubercular handkerchief.
1
I'll be here throughout the procedure to protect you against any hanky-panky.
2
So no more hanky-panky, just GI Joes and Barbies from now on.
3
He wipes his glasses with a hanky and puts them back on.
4
Tucking the hanky into my pocket, I headed for the driveway ramp.
5
Now use your hanky, and let's be jolly-andbegin to enjoy ourselves.
1
Only the mis-remembered hankey-pankey of the Dead Old Man.
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.
3
He is working in the chain-gang to which Hankey was made sub-overseer.
4
Hankey fell into the surf, and never moved after the first blow.
5
One felt with Hankey that he was born for whatever was arduous.
Usage of hankie in English
1
Slidell reached behind his back and yanked a hankie from his pocket.
2
Harker coughed into a hankie that was stained and wet with phlegm.
3
Marshall subsequently became best known for more conventional romantic comedies and hankie-endangering weepies.
4
I don't have room for so much as a hankie in my closets.
5
She got her hankie out of her pocket and sneezed lightly three times.
6
The hankie smelled like jasmine with a side of pickle relish.
7
Beyond the girl, a woman coughed wetly into a wadded hankie.
8
And in her seat, Brigitte dabbed at her eyes with a lace hankie.
9
He pulled out his hankie and held it across his nose.
10
She squeezed her eyes shut and sniffed at her hankie, trying to remember.
11
I take my hankie out of my bag and wipe off my mouth.
12
She chewed anise seeds, carried a supply wrapped in a hankie in her purse.
13
President Barack Obama handed over a hankie during a funeral.
14
But in Van Sant's hands, the film is anything but a sentimental four-hankie weeper.
15
Frankie is taking out his hankie as he draws near.
16
Hubert took out a hankie and wiped his chapped face.
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Hankie across language varieties
United States of America
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