four-hankie

adjective

tearjerking

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Meanings

adjectivefour-hankie (comparative more four-hankie, superlative most four-hankie)

comparative more four-hankie · superlative most four-hankie

  1. tearjerking
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    [Straight audiences] can't imagine relating to them as people; the reality of gay characters is unreal to them. They will dismiss [the film] as excessive and melodramatic (misunderstanding that it's supposed to be) but then have no trouble relating to the high-toned four hanky antics of Kramer vs. Kramer.

    1980 February 9, Michael Bronski, “The Consequence (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 15
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APA

four-hankie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-hankie

MLA

“four-hankie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-hankie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “four-hankie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-hankie.

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