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pocket-handkerchief

/pok-it-hang-ker-chif, -cheef/US // ˈpɒk ɪtˈhæŋ kər tʃɪf, -ˌtʃif //

袖珍手帕,手帕,口袋手帕,袖珍手绢

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : handkerchief.

Examples

  • I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.

  • It had a wide brim and a tall crown, which created an insulated pocket of air and could also be used to carry water.

  • This leaves thousands of women at companies across the United States left to pay out of pocket for their birth control.

  • One African American woman brandished a pocket-sized copy of the Constitution while marching.

  • Being dapper is all about attention to detail, like sporting a perfectly tucked handkerchief in your suit pocket.

  • The young man smiled at the girl, as he crushed up the notes and stuffed them into his pocket.

  • Down in his galleries and chambers where it was dark as a pocket Grandfather Mole enjoyed himself thoroughly.

  • Absently his hands wandered through the pockets, and found his purse and the money in an outside pocket.

  • She folded them tightly in a handkerchief, and thrust the parcel as far as her arm could reach between the mattress and the bed.

  • “Of course we know it, sir,” rejoined Fogg, slapping his pocket—perhaps by accident.