Hankowchaff

• handkerchief
  • In Shakespeare's Othello, and in Verdi's opera adapted from that play, a handkerchief is the first gift Othello gives to Desdemona received from Othello, which she cherishes as a symbol of his affection and which Iago uses to trick Othello into thinking she has been unfaithful.
• Hankow (Hankou is the current Romanization): a port city near the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers. At the time FW was a work in process, several foreign countries maintained trading concessions there.
• chaff: inedible parts of a grain-producing plantsomeone.
• chaff: make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz