The younger children were mere pocket-handkerchiefless brats, whose mission on earth seemed to be to get in the way and have their ears boxed...
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The younger children were mere pocket-handkerchiefless brats, whose mission on earth seemed to be to get in the way and have their ears boxed...
Source: wiktionary
I saw a million handkerchiefless children. I saw hundreds of villages in which the community handkerchief, modern sanitation, was absolutely unknown.
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...she was brought up in California, and only came to England when her character was formed ; but I never expected to have a handkerchiefless friend.
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A sudden sneeze may soil the hands, especially of a handkerchiefless patient, two minutes after they are washed...
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