From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpocket handkerchiefˌpocket ˈhandkerchief noun [countable] old-fashioned DCa handkerchief
Examples from the Corpus
pocket handkerchief• The only dab of colour was a dark blue pocket handkerchief.• With his pocket handkerchief the Major wiped the window pane.• With a large pocket handkerchief he wiped the perspiration from his forehead; it was getting hot.• Finding her own pocket handkerchief, she gave it into the old lady's other hand.pocket-handkerchiefˌpocket-ˈhandkerchief adjective [only before noun] British English informal SMALLa pocket-handkerchief garden or area of land is very small and usually square 