Headkerchiefed
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Wearing a headkerchief. not-comparable
"All those who have visited Paris will have noticed, sitting on a stool at the corner of the Boulevard des Capucines and the Place de l’Opéra, which is just opposite the Café de la Paix, a weather-beaten, headkerchiefed old lady offering key[-]rings for sale, and displaying, as if to whip up the sluggish altruism of passers-by, two wooden legs."
Example
More examples"All those who have visited Paris will have noticed, sitting on a stool at the corner of the Boulevard des Capucines and the Place de l’Opéra, which is just opposite the Café de la Paix, a weather-beaten, headkerchiefed old lady offering key[-]rings for sale, and displaying, as if to whip up the sluggish altruism of passers-by, two wooden legs."
Etymology
From headkerchief + -ed.
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