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display kerchiefs

display kerchiefs is the plural of display kerchief.

Meaning of display kerchief

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

Questions about display kerchiefs

What is display kerchiefs the plural of?
Display kerchiefs is the plural of display kerchief.

Words near display kerchiefs in the dictionary

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

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