- hankie
- or hanky noun (plural hankies) Etymology: handkerchief + -ie Date: 1895 handkerchief
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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hankie — UK [ˈhæŋkɪ] / US or hanky UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hankie : singular hankie plural hankies informal a handkerchief … English dictionary
hankie — n. Same as {handkerchief}. Syn: handkerchief, hanky, hankey. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hankie — [haŋ′kē] n. pl. hankies Informal a handkerchief * * * han·kie also han·ky (hăngʹkē) n. Informal pl. han·kies A handkerchief. * * * … Universalium
hankie — [haŋ′kē] n. pl. hankies Informal a handkerchief … English World dictionary
hankie — noun A handkerchief … Wiktionary
hankie — han|kie hanky [ˈhæŋki] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: handkerchief] informal a ↑handkerchief … Dictionary of contemporary English
hankie — see hanky … English dictionary
hankie — n. handkerchief … English contemporary dictionary
hankie — han·kie … English syllables
hankie — [ˈhæŋki] noun [C] informal a handkerchief … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
