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handcarchief

handcarchief is the obsolete form of handkerchief.

Meaning of handkerchief

Noun

handkerchief (plural handkerchiefs or handkerchieves)

  1. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
    • He sneezed into his handkerchief during the meeting.
  2. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.

Questions about handcarchief

What is handcarchief the obsolete form of?
Handcarchief is the obsolete form of handkerchief.

Words near handcarchief in the dictionary

  1. handbuilt
  2. handcam
  3. handcannon
  4. handcannons
  5. handcar
  6. handcarchief
  7. handcard
  8. handcards
  9. handcare
  10. handcarried
  11. handcarries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handcarchief (page history and authors); handkerchief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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