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Meanings of white handkerchief in English

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Usage of white handkerchief in English
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Then the white handkerchief appeared, and the boat started on its return.
The Stolen Singer
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She wiped the tears from her eyes with a large white handkerchief.
The Moon Rock
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His face was covered with a white handkerchief and he was bound.
The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dor...
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Then something fluttered,-thetorn white handkerchief of his that she had kept.
From Sand Hill to Pine
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His voice trembled, and he put his white handkerchief to his eyes.
The Moonstone
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He smiled faintly, and wiped his forehead with a large white handkerchief.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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Then taking a white handkerchief he tied it round the victim's eyes.
The Story of Louis Riel: The Rebel Chief
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With the white handkerchief you used on Bianca a few years back?
Blood rites
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Dr Ambara unfolded a clean white handkerchief and dabbed at his forehead.
Death Trance
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She began to cry audibly, holding a white handkerchief to her face.
The maltese falcon
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I dab myself with a filched white handkerchief, which comes away bloody.
Waiting for the Barbarians
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She pressed her hand to her forehead; the white handkerchief was still there.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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The rallying sign of the Tamaseses had been a white handkerchief.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
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From the breast of his jacket he exhumed a white handkerchief.
Those Who Smiled, and Eleven Other Stories
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There was a flutter of a white handkerchief, and the blinds were drawn.
The Book of All-Power
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The corporal offered Hofer a white handkerchief to bandage his eyes.
Andreas Hofer: An Historical Novel
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White handkerchief through the time
White handkerchief across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common