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Mouchoir

Mouchoir \Mou`choir"\ (m[=oo]`shw[aum]r"), n. [F.] A handkerchief.

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mouchoir

n. (context dated English) A handkerchief.

Usage examples of "mouchoir".

His name was Kenneth, and he reduced his Percentage on the first day by having the hem-stitched Mouchoir tucked inside of the Cuff.

Mlle Genseigne, mais elle ne sait pas si ce sont huit chapeaux ou huit mouchoirs, ou bien encore huit pommes ou huit plumes.

Nowhere is their sense of humor more evident than in the titles they gave their beloved bayous: Bayou Go to Hell, Bayou Funny Louis, and Bayou Mouchoir de l'Ourse (handkerchief of a she-bear).

Becky came down to him presently: whenever the dear girl expected his lordship, her toilette was prepared, her hair in perfect order, her mouchoirs, aprons, scarfs, little morocco slippers, and other female gim-cracks arranged, and she seated in some artless and agreeable posture ready to receive him—whenever she was surprised, of course she had to fly to her apartment to take a rapid survey of matters in the glass, and to trip down again to wait upon the great peer.

There were racks of coats and dresses, boxes of hats and shoes, cardboard cartons labeled Culotres Chausseue~ and Mouchoirs and a trestle table in the middle of the room with several sewing machines.