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mitten

[mit-n] / ˈmɪt n /
NOUN
glove
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Ironically, I couldn’t find the office — no one, not even the information desk, knew where it was — but they very kindly walked my mitten over to me.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2026

The day he arrived, on the bottom of a fishing boat, along with about 80 seasick travellers, he was hired by a mitten factory.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2025

Hemlock is a small town located in the crook of the Michigan mitten, between the thumb and the fingers.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

In molecules, chirality can make biological or chemical units exist in two versions that cannot be perfectly matched, as in a left and right mitten.

From Science Daily May 7, 2024

They laughed and covered his hand with that terrible mitten.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

It warms the inside and lets you study the cold without mittens.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

"I communicate with Nuuk from this tablet," Mathiassen said, pulling off her sealskin mittens to turn on the device.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

There were plenty of intrepid female war reporters, but on Flanner’s sole trip to a battlefield, she dressed in pink pants; red, fur-lined cowboy boots; and matching mittens.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 19, 2026

We used special grated mittens to wipe the mixture off of our bodies in the private zen garden, then rinsed off in the shower.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2025

I was half frozen by the time I let myself into the kitchen and began peeling off my sleet-crusted mittens and ice-crunchy hat.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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