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  • It remains, though in, kerchief (from Middle English kerchef from Old French cuevrechef ` cover-head '), which appears also as Modern English handkerchief (from the time when kerchiefs were carried about in the hand for uses other than covering the head), and in pocket handkerchief (` a headcovering carried in the hand and kept in the pocket').

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1 1982

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