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noun
a glove made of kid leather.
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Idioms about kid glove

    handle with kid gloves, to treat with extreme tact or gentleness: He's upset, so handle him with kid gloves today.

Origin of kid glove

First recorded in 1705–15

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British Dictionary definitions for kid glove

kid glove

noun
a glove made of kidskin
handle with kid gloves to treat with great tact or caution
adjective kidglove
overdelicate or overrefined
diplomatic; tactfula kidglove approach
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