white-glove

[ hwahyt-gluhv, wahyt- ]

/ ˈʰwaɪtˈglʌv, ˈwaɪt- /

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adjective Informal.

meticulous; painstaking; minute: a white-glove inspection.

immaculate; spotless; sterile: a white-glove environment.

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The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
I like the gold lace and the white glove resting, with quite a nice awkwardness, on the sword.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells
He winced again as Enslee took her white elbow in his white glove and made a fumbling effort to help her in.
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"I wish she was here now," said Collins, tenderly picking up a white glove that had been thrown to the floor.
The Substitute Prisoner|Max Marcin

The carriage turned away, and a white glove was all that remained to me of Lucy Dashwood!
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2)|Charles Lever