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handle without mittens en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) Synonym of handle without gloves.
    • Oh, madam, by the happieſt chance in the world, I met in the ſtreet juſt by the door the three chastiſers of the pariſh, newly riſen from ſitting in judgment on a young fornicator, who they have handled without mittens, and therefore will feague an old adulterer; I have told them all. 1794 [1689], Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Mr. Anthony: A Comedy, London: T. Wilkins, page 47:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
handling without mittens Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
handles without mittens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
handled without mittens Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
handled without mittens Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

handle without gloves