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Definition of Gloves
1. glove [v] - See also: glove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gloves
Literary usage of Gloves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"AND STAYS OUR colonial ancestors wore many varieties of gloves. We find among
the importations from time to time : worsted and kid gloves, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Of manufactures the most important is that of woolens, including fine broadcloths;
others are silk, gloves, glass, pottery, etc. Pop. 736000. ..."
3. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1879)
"170 f Mrs. Hanah Glover, Scarf and gloves. 69. April, 30. 1709. ... Scarf and
gloves. 72. Isaac Goose, Decr 2. 1710. Scarf and gloves. 58. ..."
4. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1893)
"Homer, describing Laertes at work in his garden, represents him with gloves on
his hands, to secure them from the thorns, farro, an ancient writer, ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1901)
"Katherine a scarf and gloves. To Mr John Lyth and his wife and children gloves.
To Mr David Crossby, Mr. Thomas Harrison and Doctor Longmire of ..."
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