[…]whatever was lost in elegance, was compensated in another point of view: their necks, of the most luxuriant prominence, ‘[…]’ were modestly handkerchiefed to their throats;[…].
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Handkerchiefed
Synonyms for "handkerchiefed"
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How different from the eloquence of your white handkerchiefed whiners—your ring-displaying, faultering, fawning, frothy weavers of pathetic periods—your soft, simpering saints, from whose mouths the religion of the Bible falls diluted and dulcified, like the meretricious moonlight burdens of an Irish melody!
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Two figures approached, handkerchiefed and great-coated for travel with a goodly appendage of trunks and portmanteaus, partly borne by themselves, and partly carried by a porter.
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Five of the famously handkerchiefed Mothers [of the Plaza de Mayo], whose children disappeared during a state crackdown on dissent during the 1976-83 junta, were on hand Thursday night for the last of two shows the band performed before more than 60,000 fans.
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