Handkerchieved
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of handkerchiefed. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"At this day, you need be no very acute physiognomist to see the class of society to which those slatternly drabs of women, those low-browed, pasty-faced, bull necked, belcher-handkerchieved, ruffianly-looking male creatures, who hang about the street corners, or the well-worn doors of sing-song public houses, or the outlets of filthy courts, belong."
Example
More examples"At this day, you need be no very acute physiognomist to see the class of society to which those slatternly drabs of women, those low-browed, pasty-faced, bull necked, belcher-handkerchieved, ruffianly-looking male creatures, who hang about the street corners, or the well-worn doors of sing-song public houses, or the outlets of filthy courts, belong."
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