Pocket-handkerchief

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of pocket handkerchief. alt-of, alternative

    "Here Mrs. Higgs paused for a moment, and drew out a huge red pocket-handkerchief, with which her face was for some minutes confounded."

  2. 2
    a handkerchief that is carried in a pocket wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of small or restricted size. attributive, not-comparable

    "Throughout the land there is a great variation in the shape and size of village greens, from the many of pocket-handkerchief size to a roadside common of 20 acres or more - as at Lindfield in West Sussex."

Synonyms

All synonyms
handkerchiefhandkerchief

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"The cat thanked them for the ham, and gave them a pocket-handkerchief and a comb."

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