Usually means: Small cloth for personal hygiene.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word pocket-handkerchief:

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  1. pocket-handkerchief: Merriam-Webster
  2. pocket-handkerchief, pocket-handkerchief: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pocket-handkerchief: Vocabulary.com
  4. pocket-handkerchief: Wordnik
  5. pocket-handkerchief: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pocket-handkerchief: Wiktionary
  7. pocket-handkerchief: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. pocket-handkerchief: Dictionary.com
  9. pocket-handkerchief: Rhymezone
  10. pocket-handkerchief: FreeDictionary.org
  11. pocket-handkerchief: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. pocket-handkerchief: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pocket-handkerchief)

▸ adjective:  (attributive) Of small or restricted size.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of pocket handkerchief. [handkerchief]

Similar:
pocket, vest-pocket, hip-pocket, pocket-size, vestpocket, penny packet, narrow-gauge, petit, handholdable, peerie, more...

Opposite:
oversized, bulky, large

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Similar:
pocket, vest-pocket, hip-pocket, pocket-size, vestpocket, penny packet, narrow-gauge, petit, handholdable, peerie, more...

Opposite:
oversized, bulky, large



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