Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.

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  • noun A kind of handkerchief of checked cotton or silk.

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Examples

  • Still many of the women, who were sitting under the small piazzas, or projecting eaves of the houses, with their little stalls, filled with pullicate handkerchiefs, and pieces of muslin, and ginghams for sale, were healthy -- looking, and appeared comfortable and happy.

    Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

  • His woolly head was bound round with a pullicate handkerchief, which we had not noticed until he took off his laced cocked hat.

    Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

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