white-glove

or white-gloved

[ hwahyt-gluhv, wahyt- ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. meticulous; painstaking; minute:

   a white-glove inspection.

2. immaculate; spotless; sterile:

   a white-glove environment.

Example Sentences

The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.

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I like the gold lace and the white glove resting, with quite a nice awkwardness, on the sword.

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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.

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The carriage turned away, and a white glove was all that remained to me of Lucy Dashwood!

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