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kerchief
[ kur-chif, -cheef ]
noun
- a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
- a handkerchief.
kerchief
/ ˈkɜːtʃɪf /
noun
- a piece of cloth worn tied over the head or around the neck
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Derived Forms
- ˈkerchiefed, adjective
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Other Words From
- kerchiefed kerchieft adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kerchief1
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Example Sentences
A large woman with her head tied in a kerchief, wearing a purple wrapper and gold house slippers, passes by on the sidewalk.
Wilding alone—the butt of their expostulations—stood quietly smiling, and wiped his face at last with a kerchief of finest lawn.
But she went to a settle hard by and swept aside a kerchief which lay on it as if by chance, and under it were two war arrows.
The girl turned back to the fire and put out a little foot for us to see, muffled now in the red folds of the kerchief.
From beneath a sort of kerchief which she wore on her head escaped in profusion light golden hair.
A smock covered her into shapelessness, and her spectacular hair was bound up in a kerchief, but she still looked good.
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