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Hankie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Informal A handkerchief.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A handkerchief

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Same as handkerchief.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory

Word Usage

"She was one of the girls who flirted her way through a hair-mussing group number with Steven as the muss-ee, but went to pieces in Vegas and ended up sobbing on the ladies room floor while an "Idol" camera crew stood by without so much as throwing her a hankie."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

piece of cloth piece of material

Variant

handkerchief

Hyponym

bandanna pocket-handkerchief bandana

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

handkerchief hanky hankey

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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