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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

They can mirror each other precisely, but a left mitten will never fit the right hand as well as it fits the left hand.

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024

Renn took the mitten and turned it in her fingers.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

Friends are welcome to send mittens, ski caps and hot soup when the snow comes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 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

He shoved the mittens into a small paper sack and placed it on the counter.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon




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