Dictionary Entry

handkerchief

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /ˈhæŋkətʃiːf/Used In Literature ↓

A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.

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Common Phrases

. handkerchiefover handkerchiefhandkerchief silkhandkerchief whitehandkerchief pockethandkerchief redhandkerchief lace

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Poetry examples for “handkerchief”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

In Shakespeare's play Othello fiercely demands to see a handkerchief
which he has given his wife, and takes her inability to show it to him

Not fierce Othello in so loud a strain
Roar'd for the handkerchief that caused his pain.
But see how oft ambitious aims are cross'd,

He wrapped a handkerchief tenderly around his right hand and watched
the blood soak through. “Shit,” he said.

A pocket handkerchief to hem

For all that, held the door to me,
Pick'd up my handkerchief, and rose
To set my chair, with other shows

I love her, love her only, she blots her eyes
With a handkerchief to hide a tear that starts.

Who takes advantage of the gale
And hoists his handkerchief for sail
On osier twigs that form a mast--

Where the twilight
Is a soft bandanna handkerchief
Of rose and gold,

Where the twilight
Is a soft bandanna handkerchief
Of rose and gold,

With snuffle and sniff and handkerchief,
And dim and decorous mirth,