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Meanings of wet handkerchief in английском

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Usage of wet handkerchief in английском
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She was rubbing gently the boy's wrist with her wet handkerchief.
A Man Four-Square
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The sheriff dampened the papers with a wet handkerchief to get them apart.
East of eden
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She stood leaning over the bridge; her tear- wet handkerchief gripped in her clenched hand.
Tono-Bungay
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Next I saw Bill nursing his eye, and bathing it with a wet handkerchief.
The Young Forester
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Dot, sneezing apologetically into a wet handkerchief, was allergic to goldenrod, Mrs. Yount explained.
Unfinished desires: a novel
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He was kneeling by Celia's side and awkwardly dabbing her forehead with a wet handkerchief.
At the Villa Rose
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Beside him, wringing out a wet handkerchief and spreading it on the burning forehead, knelt Angela.
An Apache Princess: A Tale of the Indian Frontier
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Ida, holding a wet handkerchief to her eyes, thought, So what if we had to eat?
The Assistant
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You are only making it worse by rubbing it in that silly way with your wet handkerchief.
The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
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I found him clad in a red silk dressing gown, a wet handkerchief tied around his forehead.
The Indian Lily and Other Stories
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Happily the wet handkerchief was enough for Gideon Spilett, who only wished to wet the engineer's lips.
The Mysterious Island
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A wet handkerchief, tied over the top of a horse's head, will sometimes prevent prostration from heat.
Friends and Helpers
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It was like eating a wet handkerchief.
Changeless
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He folded the wet handkerchief in the form of a bandage, with the willow bark spread over it.
Flower of the North: A Modern Romance
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He sprinkled the face from the wet handkerchief, and then bathed it very patiently for half an hour.
A Lieutenant at Eighteen
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The guardian, using her wet handkerchief, cleared Harriet's mouth by keeping the tongue down to admit the air.
The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome ...
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