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pocket-handkerchief

[pok-it-hang-ker-chif, -cheef]

pock·et-hand·ker·chief

[pok-it-hang-ker-chif, -cheef]
noun
handkerchief (def. 1).

Origin:
1635–45
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pocket-handkerchief

noun
a handkerchief that is carried in a pocket 
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