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Handkerchief vs Mokadour - What's the difference?

handkerchief | mokadour |

As nouns the difference between handkerchief and mokadour

is that handkerchief is a piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands while mokadour is (obsolete) a handkerchief.

handkerchief

English

(wikipedia handkerchief)

Alternative forms

* handkercher (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.}}
  • A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.

    • Synonyms

    * hanky * pocket handkerchief

    mokadour

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A handkerchief.
    • (Webster 1913)