Meaning of headkerchiefed | Babel Free

Definitions

Wearing a headkerchief.

not-comparable

Examples

“All those who have visited Paris will have noticed, sitting on a stool at the corner of the Boulevard des Capucines and the Place de l’Opéra, which is just opposite the Café de la Paix, a weather-beaten, headkerchiefed old lady offering key[-]rings for sale, and displaying, as if to whip up the sluggish altruism of passers-by, two wooden legs.”

“The little red-headkerchiefed girl who attends upon them has two responsible duties.”

““Again,” said Bellah, and still “again,” until the notes rang out lustily, and half a dozen head[-]kerchiefed old crones who had strayed in nodded with delight.”

“A large headkerchiefed woman came to the door to investigate the commotion.”

“Slyudianka, for example, the first town on the Trans-Baikal stretch of the line, is pure storybook Russia, with its distinctive green-and-blue wooden houses, the delicious smell of birch smoke in crisp air and headkerchiefed babas selling souvenirs and bits of food on the platform.”

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