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kid gloves

kid gloves is the plural of kid glove.

Meaning of kid glove

Noun

kid glove (plural kid gloves)

  1. (figuratively, plural-normally) A metaphorical representation of careful handling.
    • to handle with kid gloves
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kid, glove.
    • As he saw her hands in their old black kid gloves getting the silver out of the worn purse, his heart contracted with pain of love of her.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter V, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

Questions about kid gloves

What is kid gloves the plural of?
Kid gloves is the plural of kid glove.

Words near kid gloves in the dictionary

  1. kid
  2. kid around
  3. kid brother
  4. kid brothers
  5. kid glove
  6. kid gloves
  7. kid hack
  8. kid leather
  9. kid leathers
  10. kid on
  11. kid on the square

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