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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

The Samoyed men were looking expectant, and the man from Bolvangar nodded and took off a mitten to reach into a pocket.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Walters gave him a box filled with handmade items, including piles of mittens, hats, and other items he’d crocheted for children; Collins dropped the box off with a church deacon.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She even resisted when Rachel opened a used bookstore several years ago in Southwest Ohio and based her holiday windows on “Little House,” decorated with red mittens and lit-up log cabins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

They’re dressed like it’s below zero and blizzarding out here, with hats and mittens and thick puffy coats, even though it’s only raining.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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