mouchoir
Americannoun
plural
mouchoirsExample Sentences
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A nostalgic patina permeates the poignant metier which broods over the pervading mouchoir.
From Time Magazine Archive
I will only pound the watch in my mortar--burn the mouchoir in my lamp, and make a pudding in the chapeau.
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
That of Martinique is quite Oriental;—more attractive, although less fantastic than the Cayenne coiffure, or the pretty drooping mouchoir of Guadeloupe.
From Two Years in the French West Indies by Hearn, Lafcadio
I wonder what kind of presents you would like,—not beaded antimacassars and not mouchoir cases surely.
From Molly Brown's College Friends by Speed, Nell
The word is in use in old legends, and possibly comes from the French mouchoir, "handkerchief;" but some better linguist than myself must say whether this suggestion is correct.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 by Dodge, Mary Mapes
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