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noun (handkerchieves)
  1. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
  2. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: zakdoek
  • French: mouchoir
  • German: Taschentuch
  • Italian: fazzoletto
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: paí±uelo
Etymology: Compound of hand and kerchief


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