handkerchiefing

Updated: May 12, 2025

That's right, kiss Irving; he's your brother-in-law now. Don't cry, mamma darling! Good-by! Good-by!" A tangle of adieus, more handkerchiefing, more tears and laughter, more ear-splitting shrieks of steam and a black plume of smoke that rose in a billow, and hand in hand Miriam and Irving Shapiro joggling down the gang-plank to the pier.

Fannie Hurst - Every Soul Hath Its Song