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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

He wrenched off the mitten with the tooth inside, and shoved it into the neck of his jerkin.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

These materials are the difference between a dark winter sweater and a bright summer tank top, a luxurious cashmere scarf versus rough woolen mittens.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2025

I stopped in front of a basket of fuzzy knit hats and mittens.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon


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