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glove

/ɡlʌv/ sustantivo A2

En español: guante, maniquete, gorro, forro

  1. An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers. · I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.· The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
  2. A baseball mitt.
  3. The ability to catch a hit ball. (figuratively) · Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.
  4. A condom. (slang)
  5. A challenge from one to another. · to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it

Plural gloves

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He wore brown leather gloves, which at sight of us he instantly shuffled off, laying them down on the hall-table as we passed in.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 18 · B2
I turned, placed my hat there, knocked it off, stooped to pick it up, and contrived to bring my nose within a foot of the gloves.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 18 · B2
“No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left glove.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 36 · B2
As she said this she looked down at her hands, and was surprised to see that she had put on one of the Rabbit’s little white kid gloves while she was talking.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 11 · B2

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