Definitions

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  • noun Same as handkerchief.

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  • noun colloquial Short form of handkerchief.

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  • noun a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory

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Examples

  • I have yet to see a politician who is not or has never been involved in hanky panky.

    Poll: Giuliani on top in possible 2010 Senate showdown 2009

  • Second I struggle with the hanky debate this time of year too (boo ragweed), the hanky is great for small sniffles but for my shonze needs, hygienically I've got to use the disposable tissue.

    Boos and Yahoos kittenpie 2007

  • The doctor is Lassiter's client, and Lassiter discovers that the good surgeon has been involved in hanky-panky with the doctor's wife.

    Archive 2007-12-16 Bill Crider 2007

  • The doctor is Lassiter's client, and Lassiter discovers that the good surgeon has been involved in hanky-panky with the doctor's wife.

    To Speak for the Dead -- Paul Levine Bill Crider 2007

  • DeLay is starting to resemble the Madam of a Whorehouse claiming that she had no idea what was going on upstairs, and she’s just shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that the girls were involved in hanky panky.

    Think Progress » DeLay: ‘I Cannot Run For Office’ In Texas, ‘I’m Ineligible’ 2006

  • And the hanky was a means for him to collect his winning?

    Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010

  • I'm here to tell you, down here in Jim Crow Heaven, the notion of hanky panky with a black woman worked like a charm.

    Linda Hansen: A Thousand Points of Blight: Lindsey Graham and the McSmear Campaign 2008

  • When I think of him I recall his British pronunciation of 'suit', the way he called a hanky a 'kerchief' and that he was fond of over-sized shaving brushes from Floris.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

  • In Humphrey Carpenter's pedestrian biography of Britten, there is a fascinating quote from the adult David Hemmings after the author asked him about what kind of hanky-panky went on between the young Hemmings and the besotted composer while they created "The Turn of The Screw," which premiered in Venice.

    Archive 2008-05-01 sfmike 2008

  • In Humphrey Carpenter's pedestrian biography of Britten, there is a fascinating quote from the adult David Hemmings after the author asked him about what kind of hanky-panky went on between the young Hemmings and the besotted composer while they created "The Turn of The Screw," which premiered in Venice.

    The Turn of The Screw sfmike 2008

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  • A handkerchief.

    January 17, 2008

  • I notice his specs

    are steaming with brine.

    He wields a grubby

    snot-spattered hanky...

    - Peter Reading, 5x5x5x5x5, 1983

    July 4, 2008