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n. - A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.

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  • I have yet to see a politician who is not or has never been involved in hanky panky.
  • The doctor is Lassiter's client, and Lassiter discovers that the good surgeon has been involved in hanky-panky with the doctor's wife.
  • And the hanky was a means for him to collect his winning?
  • 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.
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