Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at glove, -er 2
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“Donald glover interviewing himself is a great example of how the skills of profilers/critics/interviewers are so undervalued,” tweeted Vulture and New York magazine critic Angelica Jade Bastién.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2022
When Marmol, a rookie manger, writes Molina’s name on the lineup card for the first time, he’ll be inserting a 10-time gold glover and nine-time all-star behind the plate.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2022
It was this research instinct that first led her to reopen the file on the coat of arms granted to Shakespeare’s father, the small-town glover, in 1596.
From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2017
Shakespeare’s own humble origins, as the son of a Stratford glover, made him a popular democratic hero, and Abraham Lincoln liked to read from “King John” and “King Henry VIII.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 9, 2016
John S., appears to have been a man of intelligence and energy, who set up in Stratford as a dealer in all kinds of agricultural produce, to which he added the trade of a glover.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
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