pocket-handkerchief
pocket-handkerchief is the alternative form of pocket handkerchief.
Meaning of pocket handkerchief
Noun
pocket handkerchief (plural pocket handkerchiefs or pocket handkerchieves)
Adjective
pocket-handkerchief (not comparable)
- Of small or restricted size.
- Throughout the land there is a great variation in the shape and size of village greens, from the many of pocket-handkerchief size to a roadside common of 20 acres or more - as at Lindfield in West Sussex.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, pages 264-265
- The pocket-handkerchief garden had trees of cypress, olive, lemon and orange, she emphasized.1996, Faubion Bowers, Scriabin, a Biography, page 74
Forms of pocket-handkerchief
| plural | pocket-handkerchiefs |
|---|---|
| plural | pocket-handkerchieves |
Questions about pocket-handkerchief
- What does pocket-handkerchief mean?
- Pocket-handkerchief means of small or restricted size.
- What is pocket-handkerchief the alternative form of?
- Pocket-handkerchief is the alternative form of pocket handkerchief.
- What part of speech is pocket-handkerchief?
- Pocket-handkerchief is an adjective.
Words near pocket-handkerchief in the dictionary
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