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handkercher

handkercher 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.

Forms of handkercher

pluralhandkerchers

Questions about handkercher

What is handkercher the obsolete form of?
Handkercher is the obsolete form of handkerchief.

Words near handkercher in the dictionary

  1. handjar
  2. handjars
  3. handjob
  4. handjobs
  5. Handke
  6. handkercher
  7. handkerchers
  8. handkerchief
  9. handkerchief code
  10. handkerchief codes
  11. handkerchief tree

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handkercher (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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