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

In 1829 the use of the word mouchoir in a French adaptation of Othello caused a riot at the Comédie Française.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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

Then remark: "Very well, the only thing I can do is to buy you a new one, next bargain-counter day, but in the meantime let us see what we can do with this mutilated mouchoir."

From Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. by Stanton, Ellis

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