ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Handkerchiefless

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Handkerchiefless is an adjective meaning Without a handkerchief or handkerchieves.

Meaning

Without a handkerchief or handkerchieves.

Example Sentences

A sudden sneeze may soil the hands, especially of a handkerchiefless patient, two minutes after they are washed.
The younger children were mere pocket-handkerchiefless brats, whose mission on earth seemed to be to get in the way and have their ears boxed.
I saw a million handkerchiefless children. I saw hundreds of villages in which the community handkerchief, modern sanitation, was absolutely unknown.
...she was brought up in California, and only came to England when her character was formed ; but I never expected to have a handkerchiefless friend.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include handbagless, handless, napkinless, scarfless, barehanded, towelless.

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