HOW TO PRONOUNCE
handkerchief
/ˈhæŋkɚtʃɪf/
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What does handkerchief mean?
noun
- A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
- A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhæŋkɚtʃɪf/
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She took out her handkerchief and wiped her glowing face and throat, pausing to feel her right shoulder with her left hand.
Then I lashed the tiller and went below to my own chest, where I got a soft silk handkerchief of my mother’s.
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She sat on the sofa, clad in an ample white peignoir, holding a handkerchief tight in her hand with a nervous clutch.
Aubrey lingered to be the last, and it is to be conjectured that Titania did not drop her handkerchief merely by accident.
“It ‘s Angela,” she cried, and she stood there waiting and listening, smiling at Bernard, with her handkerchief pressed to her lips.