Definitions

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  • adjective Covered with a mitten or mittens.

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  • adjective Wearing a mitten, or mittens.

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Examples

  • This did not suit the "mittened" ones, and they determined to draw young Douglas into a controversy which should result in a fight, -- he, of course, to be the defeated party.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various

  • Then, with both mittened hands, he scooped the bunch of matches, along with much snow, into his lap.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • He began threshing his arms back and forth, beating the mittened hands against his sides.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • After some manipulation he managed to get the bunch between the heels of his mittened hands.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • It wobbled a bit, then reached one white-mittened hand to grab a stool.

    365 tomorrows » 2010 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • It certainly was cold, he concluded, as he rubbed his numbed nose and cheek-bones with his mittened hand.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • He began threshing his arms back and forth, beating the mittened hands against his sides.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • After some manipulation he managed to get the bunch between the heels of his mittened hands.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • As he walked along he rubbed his cheek-bones and nose with the back of his mittened hand.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • The woman inside, his daughter-in-law, pointed with her mittened hand at the passenger seat as a way of inviting him into the warm cab.

    The Snow Whale John Minichillo 2011

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