pocket-handkerchief

[ pok-it-hang-ker-chif, -cheef ]

noun

1. handkerchief ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of pocket-handkerchief¹

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

“Well!” she cried, picking up the pocket-handkerchief, “if that don’t make seven times! What ARE you a-doing of this afternoon, Mum!”

From Literature

It’s only a pocket-handkerchief size — it’s not a big garden — but nonetheless, there was something to be found, every time.

From New York Times

Levit appeared on stage a fashionable young man with close-cropped hair and a fitted, stylish suit with a sharp white pocket-handkerchief that made him look like a film star from the '30s.

From Los Angeles Times

He wore a baggy tuxedo with a white pocket-handkerchief.

From Los Angeles Times

Take your pocket-handkerchief, pass it through the back of any ordinary chair, and bring the ends evenly towards you, holding them for an instant with your right hand, which must, pro tem., represent the buckle.

From Project Gutenberg