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mitt

mitt


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n.  

  1. A type of glove that extends over the hand but only partially covers the fingers.

  2. A mitten.

  3. Baseball A large, padded, protective leather glove, usually with one sheath for the thumb and one undivided sheath for the remaining fingers, used by catchers and first basemen.

  4. Slang A hand or fist.


[Short for mitten.]
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