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baseball glove

American  

noun

baseball gloves plural
  1. a padded, leather covering for the hand, having a pocket in the area over the palm, webbing between the sections for the thumb and forefinger, and either separate sections for each finger or sections for more than one finger: used by baseball players in the field for catching batted or thrown balls.


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“You paid for my swim lessons, bought me my first baseball glove, and kept me in the best private school in South Florida, alongside President George H.W. Bush’s grandsons, at least for a little while.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

One day, I reached into a closet to grab my baseball glove and discovered a crumpled-up bag of potato chips.

From Slate Oct. 4, 2023

On Saturday, Carroll’s mother — Pey-Lin Carroll — even tweeted a photo of baby Corbin crawling inside the bronze baseball glove statue by the left-field gate at T-Mobile Park.

From Seattle Times Jul. 11, 2023

A baseball glove worn by Babe Ruth while he played with the New York Yankees sold for over $1.5 million at an auction Saturday.

From Washington Times Nov. 13, 2022

I don’t pay much attention to what he says, but when he walks back to his seat, I see he’s got a baseball glove under his desk.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

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