Definitions

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  • adjective Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief.

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  • adjective Wearing a kerchief.

Etymologies

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kerchief +‎ -ed

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Examples

  • A kerchiefed woman waddles down the two front steps.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • The comedian and sitcom star is set to voice Speedy, the fast-moving, red-kerchiefed mouse known for his signature speed-demon battle cry, 'Andale!

    Archive 2010-02-21 Bill Crider 2010

  • A kerchiefed woman waddles down the two front steps.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • If we are fast, my mother and I, we can jump down the three metal steps of the train and check out the local offerings peddled by kerchiefed women: strawberries sold by the cup; jars of home-marinated mushrooms, their slippery caps glistening through glass; and fried pirozhki filled with cabbage, mouth-watering and greasy.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • If we are fast, my mother and I, we can jump down the three metal steps of the train and check out the local offerings peddled by kerchiefed women: strawberries sold by the cup; jars of home-marinated mushrooms, their slippery caps glistening through glass; and fried pirozhki filled with cabbage, mouth-watering and greasy.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • The only other churchgoers were a few old women, who often turned their kerchiefed heads sideways to peer at the worshiper.

    The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories Franz Kafka 2000

  • Weve always lived with bandits, she said, as if she were still in St. Petersburg, walking along one of the canals there, with the gilded onion domes casting their shadow over Nevsky Prospect and trolley wires snapping and sparking and kerchiefed babushki disappearing into the mouth of the metro.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • Weve always lived with bandits, she said, as if she were still in St. Petersburg, walking along one of the canals there, with the gilded onion domes casting their shadow over Nevsky Prospect and trolley wires snapping and sparking and kerchiefed babushki disappearing into the mouth of the metro.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • Weve always lived with bandits, she said, as if she were still in St. Petersburg, walking along one of the canals there, with the gilded onion domes casting their shadow over Nevsky Prospect and trolley wires snapping and sparking and kerchiefed babushki disappearing into the mouth of the metro.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

  • Weve always lived with bandits, she said, as if she were still in St. Petersburg, walking along one of the canals there, with the gilded onion domes casting their shadow over Nevsky Prospect and trolley wires snapping and sparking and kerchiefed babushki disappearing into the mouth of the metro.

    The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009

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