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mouchoir

/muʃˈwɑɹ/ US
/muːʃˈwɑː/ UK

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Borrowed from French mouchoir.

noun mouchoirs

dated A handkerchief. Becky came down to him presently; whenever the dear girl expected his lordship, her toilette was prepared, her hair in perfect order, her mouchoirs, aprons, scarfs, little morocco slippers, and other female gimcracks arranged, […].

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@misc{mouchoir_2026,
  title = {mouchoir},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mouchoir},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}