kid gloves
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He wore bright cravats, pointed shoes and yellow kid gloves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
"From now on, the kid gloves are off - it's bare-knuckle stuff."
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
Pittsburgh has used kid gloves with Jones at times, though he also threw a career-high 96 pitches over seven brilliant innings against Colorado last weekend.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
We're expected to handle them with kid gloves.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2024
He ’ad white kid gloves on ’is ’ands, and he pointed out the animiles to me and says: ‘Keeper, these wolves seem upset at something.’
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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