mouchoir

American  

[moo-shwar] / muˈʃwar /

noun

French.

plural

mouchoirs

1. a handkerchief.

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Example Sentences

A nostalgic patina permeates the poignant metier which broods over the pervading mouchoir.

From Time Magazine Archive

The former was acted with the applause of the young romanticists, who worshipped Shakespeare ardently if not wisely, and who bore the shock of hearing the unclassical word mouchoir valiantly pronounced on the French stage.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

Then I had something that's either a mouchoir or a handkerchief case, or for neckties, or shaving papers, or something or other.

From The Climbers A Play in Four Acts by Fitch, Clyde

In a minute or two, the gendarme came up and presented O'Brien with an old silk handkerchief, saying, "Votre mouchoir, monsieur."

From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Marryat, Frederick

The men repeated the first stanza down to the fourth line, which they modified thus: "J'ons un beau mouchoir à vous présenter."

From The Devil's Pool by Ives, George Burnham