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headkerchief

alt. A kerchief worn on the head n. A kerchief worn on the head

Usage examples of "headkerchief".

She had her headkerchief off and was busily running a polished greenstone comb through her dark reddish hair.

The woman with the headkerchief set down her garbage pail beside the stoop.

Her fingers fumbled toward her chin and untied the knot of her headkerchief with a rough gesture, as though it choked her.

Stephen went by on horseback, the girls on the balconies and in the doorways looked at him steadily without smiling, but their eyes sparkled under their golden crowns, or scarlet headkerchiefs and glittering veils.