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Meanings of take a handkerchief in English

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Usage of take a handkerchief in English
1
I wouldn't take a handkerchief from her, she's been so kind to me.
How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl
2
At the last moment he stretched out his hand to take a handkerchief from his satchel.
The Black Box
3
I have seen you take a handkerchief from his pocket as you would take it from a bureau-drawer.
The Brimming Cup
4
Miss Stevens proceeded toward the porch, and stopped to take a handkerchief from her sleeve and pass it carefully and lightly over her face.
The Early Bird: A Business Man's Love Story
5
None of them could even so much as take a handkerchief out of a man's pocket, so really Umboo was one class ahead of them.
Umboo, the Elephant
6
Here Bunning took a handkerchief and began miserably to gulp and sniff.
The Prelude to Adventure
7
He took a handkerchief from inside his jacket and mopped his brow.
Speaks the Nightbird
8
He took a handkerchief, and the children, joining hands, formed a big circle.
Jerry's Reward
9
He took a handkerchief from his pocket and blew his nose with gusto.
A beautiful place to die
10
Gittes takes a handkerchief and wipes away the plunk of perspiration on his desk.
Chinatown
11
He took a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the perspiration from his brow.
Dead Souls
12
Pemberton took a handkerchief from his back pocket and pressed it against the gash.
Serena
13
Elizabeth took a handkerchief from a pocket of her skirt and wiped her eyes.
Where heaven begins
14
He looked up, took a handkerchief from his sport-coat pocket, and blew his nose.
The stand
15
Hart took a handkerchief from his pocket, blew his nose.
Good things I wish you
16
The instructor shrugged, took a handkerchief out of his pocket, and blew his nose.
Pinball, 1973
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