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hankie

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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han·kie, hanky /ˈhæŋki/ noun [countable]  informalDCC a handkerchief 手帕
Examples from the Corpus
hankieBesotted hankies can either be draped decorously on tree branches or buried.I tried to match up couples with complementary hankies and key-chains.Dropping hankies is out and we can hardly leer at gentlemen from behind our fans, can we?Oval pewter boxes have hand-engraved monograms, from £17.95, while prettily embroidered hankies are £5.75.Some of them waved their good lace hankies then hushed to silence at the way she spoke.He wore a gray suit with, unlike other board members, no pocket hankie.The song over, he tossed the hankie like a bridal bouquet.A number of other women on the block were likewise kind, wiping my blood with white hankies.
Origin hankie (1800-1900) handkerchief
han·kie nounChineseSyllable
handkerchief a Corpus


hankie
hankie , hanky /ˈhæŋki/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: handkerchief
informal a handkerchief