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display kerchief

display kerchief noun: a purely ornamental handkerchief designed to be partially showing from the breast pocket of a jacket.

Noun

display kerchief (plural display kerchiefs)

  1. A purely ornamental handkerchief designed to be partially showing from the breast pocket of a jacket.
    • He had had to accept half a dozen unusually patterned foulard ties, dark socks with fancy clocks, two or three 'display kerchiefs' for his breast pocket, nylon vests and pants (called T-shirts and shorts), a comfortable light-weight camel-hair overcoat with over-buttressed shoulders, a plain grey...1954, Ian Fleming, “A Visiting-Card”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 24

Forms of display kerchief

pluraldisplay kerchiefs

Questions about display kerchief

What does display kerchief mean?
Display kerchief means a purely ornamental handkerchief designed to be partially showing from the breast pocket of a jacket.
What part of speech is display kerchief?
Display kerchief is a noun.
What is the plural of display kerchief?
The plural of display kerchief is display kerchiefs.

Words near display kerchief in the dictionary

  1. display
  2. display cabinet
  3. display cabinets
  4. display case
  5. display cases
  6. display kerchief
  7. display kerchiefs
  8. display list
  9. display lists
  10. display model
  11. display tearing

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