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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

She takes off her bulky-knit mitten to receive the cash.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

While outside, the NHS advises that babies and children should wear several layers of clothes to keep warm, including a hat and mittens to stop heat loss.

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

I pulled off my hat, mittens, and scarf, then dropped them into the basket near the door.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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