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Definition of Gloveless
1. Adjective. Devoid of gloves.
Definition of Gloveless
1. Adjective. Without gloves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gloveless
Literary usage of Gloveless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science, Philosophy by Caroline Ticknor, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Richard Stockton (1901)
"Eagerly the servants labor, gloveless, hatless, do the workmen Fan the flames
within the furnace. Ilmarinen, magic blacksmith, Works unceasing at his ..."
2. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"... slovenly appearance at this time, "his ill-combed, ill-powdered hair hanging
down over his grey overcoat," his gloveless hands and badly blacked boots. ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1875)
"... curly-bearded, with hands gloveless, unclean, and very cold. Near at hand
stood a marble bust of Washington placid, respectable, and rather dirty. ..."
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