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white-glove

American  
[hwahyt-gluhv, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˈglʌv, ˈwaɪt- /
Or white-gloved

adjective

Informal.
  1. meticulous; painstaking; minute.

    a white-glove inspection.

  2. immaculate; spotless; sterile.

    a white-glove environment.


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When Dave Shae boarded the first-class cabin for his Emirates flight from New York to Milan, he was greeted with bottomless Dom Perignon and white-glove caviar service.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

While the resort attracts its share of one-percenters, you’ll see them lugging their gear to the lifts like the rest of us—no white-glove concierge services here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

A spokeswoman for the auctioneers said the "two-day, white-glove sale" had 1,885 registered bidders across 72 countries.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

The leads, Heathcote and Platt, are especially alluring as the happy couple forced to confront a snake slithering in their white-glove Eden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

I walked along giving it the white-glove inspection.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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