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monkey glove

monkey glove noun: a type of work glove with a textured surface for better grip.

Noun

monkey glove (plural monkey gloves)

  1. A type of work glove with a textured surface for better grip.
    • When I was in the service we had caretakers there who had monkey gloves and they used monkey gloves for the cats.1972, American Association of Feline Practitioners, Proceedings, page 9
    • His movements were nimble, his feet stepped light as a cat's, his hands were deft and sure in the bulky monkey gloves, as they had been at the controls of the drifter.1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 22
  2. A glove that is part of a monkey costume.

Forms of monkey glove

pluralmonkey gloves

Questions about monkey glove

What does monkey glove mean?
Monkey glove means a type of work glove with a textured surface for better grip.
What part of speech is monkey glove?
Monkey glove is a noun.
What is the plural of monkey glove?
The plural of monkey glove is monkey gloves.

Words near monkey glove in the dictionary

  1. monkey forecastle
  2. monkey forecastles
  3. monkey fruit
  4. monkey gaff
  5. monkey gaffs
  6. monkey glove
  7. monkey gloves
  8. monkey grass
  9. monkey grasses
  10. monkey guarding
  11. monkey hammer

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