ungloved
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a word derived from
glove.
glovenouna covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.
Example Sentences
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His ungloved hands bled, and he had to forget that he had arms to keep from crying, but Parker heaved himself over the partially paved track.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2019
Time and hours of abrasion from the owner’s ungloved hands had worn the rough rubber “cord-line” grips to slickness.
From Golf Digest ● May 28, 2017
Married to a fellow Local 1 stagehand, she sports a tattooed wedding ring in place of a traditional metal band, the palm-side of her ring finger worn clean from years of ungloved manual labor.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2016
More hands, these deft and ungloved, slide young buds still on the bush inside socks of protective red mesh to ensure uniform growth.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2015
A second voice says, “I heard that anyone who holds it in his ungloved hand dies within a week.”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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