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?1647 E. Winslow Hypocrisie Unmasked Publisher to Rdr. 52 Hee touched the Deputy Governour with his handkerchiefe buttons about his eares.

1659 E. Gayton Art Longevity xxx. 60 Against the Tooth Ach tis as sure As any Causticks or your handkerchieff cure.

a1670 S. Collins Present State Russia (1671) iii. 16 Just before him [sc. the emperor] walks his Hand kerchief-Bearer, with a rich embroyder'd Handkerchief on his right Arm.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 4 May (1948) I. 260 I have been a mighty handkerchief-monger.

1790 E. Wynne Diary 17 Jan. (1935) I. ii. 30 Betzy bought..a handkerchief pin.

1834 Relig. Mag. Mar. 297 The children, with their white dresses and handkerchief turbans, were no longer to be seen.

1880 L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery 106 (advt.) Handkerchief sachets, from £3. 3s.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 97 His inner handkerchief pocket.

1971 P. D. James Shroud for Nightingale v. 170 An embroidered handkerchief sachet with a dozen handkerchiefs carefully folded.

2003 Copley News Service (Nexis) 18 Aug. In the pre-Kleenex era, every young lady..had a sizable collection stashed in the handkerchief box sitting atop her dresser.