pocket handkerchiefn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒkɪtˈhaŋkətʃᵻf/,

/ˌpɒkɪtˈhaŋkətʃiːf/, U.S.

/ˌpɑkətˈhæŋkərtʃəf/,

/ˌpɑkətˈhæŋkərˌtʃif/

Forms: see pocket n. and handkerchief n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., handkerchief n.

Etymology: < pocket n. + handkerchief n.

1. A handkerchief for carrying in a pocket.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose > handkerchief

coverchiefc1305

cloutc1380

muckender1420

napkin1436

handkerchief1530

handkercher1531

mocket1537

wiper1587

nose-cloth1589

pocket handkerchief1645

handcloth1676

mouchoira1685

pocket-clotha1704

wipe1708

volet1789

kerchief1814

snotter1823

lachrymatory1825

nose-rag1840

nose-wiper1840

sweat-rag1843

lachrymary1854

sneezer1857

stook1859

snottinger1864

snot-rag1888

hanky1895

penwiper1902

paper handkerchief1907

nose-wipe1919

snitch-rag1940

paper hankie1959

1645 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1914) L. 326 3 pocket handkerchiefs.

1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iv. ii. 63 Prying up and down The Walks like a Citizen's Wife that has dropt Her Holy-day Pocket-handkercher.

1706 T. Baker Hampstead Heath ii. 18 The Moment he was gone I miss'd my Pocket-Handkerchief.

1760 G. Washington Diary 15 Feb. (1925) I. 126 Pockethandkerchiefs servd the purposes of Table Cloths and Napkins.

1826 T. H. Lister Granby (ed. 2) I. x. 135 I am sorry for the poor Duke; he loses his pocket handkerchief at Bath.

1861 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) III. 90 Mr. C. saw fit to spread his pocket-handkerchief on the grass..and sit down on it.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 13 Her pocket-handkerchief is laid on the roots of the beech trees.

1991 Quarterly (U.S.) Summer 77 George..takes out a large white pocket handkerchief and wipes his face, his neck.

2. A very small area (of land, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small space or extent

spana1400

spota1450

specka1552

pocket handkerchief1866

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xx. 87 A mere pocket-handkerchief, not enough to swear by..without a magnifying glass.

1891 W. B. Yeats John Sherman & Dhoya 70 This pocket-handkerchief of a garden.

1949 T. Rattigan Browning Version 27 It's only a pocket handkerchief, I'm afraid, but it's very useful to Andrew. He often works out there.

1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 465 The more respectable quarters..with a soiled pocket-handkerchief of grass before their houses.

2004 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 23 Dec. 8 Giving poor farmers a chance to do something for themselves, even if their land is a pocket handkerchief.

3. A small light sail.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > very small or light sail

rag1653

pocket handkerchief1892

1842 J. F. Cooper Wing-and-Wing ix. 133 I do not understand why the man has sailed, with no more air than will serve to blow out a pocket-handkerchief.]

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxv, in Scribner's Mag. July It's the rottenest kind of rig..all blooming pocket handkerchiefs! And not one sailor-man on deck!

1936 B. M. Adams Ships & Women xi. 239 Martin told me to ‘Go get the pocket handkerchiefs off her’. So I called out the watch and hauled down the jib topsail.

1941 Penguin New Writing 2 17 I could ride out bad weather with two of the smallest pocket-handkerchiefs.

1996 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 19 May 16 Even a single task like setting the spritsail, which is only a pocket handkerchief of a sail, requires several hands.

Compounds

C1. attributive. Designating or relating to a piece of land, etc., of very small dimensions (cf. sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent

narroweOE

straitc1290

scarce1297

scanta1533

pinched?1567

strict1598

thrifty1601

straitened1602

scanty1701

scrimped?c1716

pookit1818

poky1828

postage-stamp-sized1852

poking1864

boxy1870

pocket handkerchief1910

postage stamp1937

1910 H. Jackson Broken Fleece 92 I have seen scores of ewes..cutting fleeces of pocket handkerchief dimensions.

1935 N. L. McClung Clearing in West iv. 32 This kind of pocket handkerchief-farming makes people mean.

1953 P. G. Wodehouse Performing Flea 53 Bungalows..each with a little lawn in front and a pocket-handkerchief garden at the back.

1961 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 6/2 The knowledge..helped the Russians to turn the screw..on economic and technical aid to this pocket-handkerchief State [sc. Albania].

2002 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 19 Apr. The pocket handkerchief front garden lies behind a stone wall and mature hedge.

C2.

pocket-handkerchief-sized adj.

ΚΠ

1952 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 30 Aug. 14/2 A house facing north so that the pocket-handkerchief-sized lawn gets very little sun.

1989 Nat. World xxv. 5/1 Wildflowers should not be remaindered to persist only in pocket handkerchief-sized reserves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pocket handkerchief
释义	pocket handkerchiefn. Brit. /ˌpɒkɪtˈhaŋkətʃᵻf/, /ˌpɒkɪtˈhaŋkətʃiːf/, U.S. /ˌpɑkətˈhæŋkərtʃəf/, /ˌpɑkətˈhæŋkərˌtʃif/ Forms: see pocket n. and handkerchief n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., handkerchief n. Etymology: < pocket n. + handkerchief n. 1. A handkerchief for carrying in a pocket. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose > handkerchief coverchiefc1305 cloutc1380 muckender1420 napkin1436 handkerchief1530 handkercher1531 mocket1537 wiper1587 nose-cloth1589 pocket handkerchief1645 handcloth1676 mouchoira1685 pocket-clotha1704 wipe1708 volet1789 kerchief1814 snotter1823 lachrymatory1825 nose-rag1840 nose-wiper1840 sweat-rag1843 lachrymary1854 sneezer1857 stook1859 snottinger1864 snot-rag1888 hanky1895 penwiper1902 paper handkerchief1907 nose-wipe1919 snitch-rag1940 paper hankie1959 1645 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1914) L. 326 3 pocket handkerchiefs. 1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iv. ii. 63 Prying up and down The Walks like a Citizen's Wife that has dropt Her Holy-day Pocket-handkercher. 1706 T. Baker Hampstead Heath ii. 18 The Moment he was gone I miss'd my Pocket-Handkerchief. 1760 G. Washington Diary 15 Feb. (1925) I. 126 Pockethandkerchiefs servd the purposes of Table Cloths and Napkins. 1826 T. H. Lister Granby (ed. 2) I. x. 135 I am sorry for the poor Duke; he loses his pocket handkerchief at Bath. 1861 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) III. 90 Mr. C. saw fit to spread his pocket-handkerchief on the grass..and sit down on it. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 13 Her pocket-handkerchief is laid on the roots of the beech trees. 1991 Quarterly (U.S.) Summer 77 George..takes out a large white pocket handkerchief and wipes his face, his neck. 2. A very small area (of land, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small space or extent spana1400 spota1450 specka1552 pocket handkerchief1866 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xx. 87 A mere pocket-handkerchief, not enough to swear by..without a magnifying glass. 1891 W. B. Yeats John Sherman & Dhoya 70 This pocket-handkerchief of a garden. 1949 T. Rattigan Browning Version 27 It's only a pocket handkerchief, I'm afraid, but it's very useful to Andrew. He often works out there. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xv. 465 The more respectable quarters..with a soiled pocket-handkerchief of grass before their houses. 2004 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 23 Dec. 8 Giving poor farmers a chance to do something for themselves, even if their land is a pocket handkerchief. 3. A small light sail. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > very small or light sail rag1653 pocket handkerchief1892 1842 J. F. Cooper Wing-and-Wing ix. 133 I do not understand why the man has sailed, with no more air than will serve to blow out a pocket-handkerchief.] 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxv, in Scribner's Mag. July It's the rottenest kind of rig..all blooming pocket handkerchiefs! And not one sailor-man on deck! 1936 B. M. Adams Ships & Women xi. 239 Martin told me to ‘Go get the pocket handkerchiefs off her’. So I called out the watch and hauled down the jib topsail. 1941 Penguin New Writing 2 17 I could ride out bad weather with two of the smallest pocket-handkerchiefs. 1996 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 19 May 16 Even a single task like setting the spritsail, which is only a pocket handkerchief of a sail, requires several hands. Compounds C1. attributive. Designating or relating to a piece of land, etc., of very small dimensions (cf. sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent narroweOE straitc1290 scarce1297 scanta1533 pinched?1567 strict1598 thrifty1601 straitened1602 scanty1701 scrimped?c1716 pookit1818 poky1828 postage-stamp-sized1852 poking1864 boxy1870 pocket handkerchief1910 postage stamp1937 1910 H. Jackson Broken Fleece 92 I have seen scores of ewes..cutting fleeces of pocket handkerchief dimensions. 1935 N. L. McClung Clearing in West iv. 32 This kind of pocket handkerchief-farming makes people mean. 1953 P. G. Wodehouse Performing Flea 53 Bungalows..each with a little lawn in front and a pocket-handkerchief garden at the back. 1961 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 6/2 The knowledge..helped the Russians to turn the screw..on economic and technical aid to this pocket-handkerchief State [sc. Albania]. 2002 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 19 Apr. The pocket handkerchief front garden lies behind a stone wall and mature hedge. C2. pocket-handkerchief-sized adj. ΚΠ 1952 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 30 Aug. 14/2 A house facing north so that the pocket-handkerchief-sized lawn gets very little sun. 1989 Nat. World xxv. 5/1 Wildflowers should not be remaindered to persist only in pocket handkerchief-sized reserves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1645
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