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   mitt

   /mɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a mitten: "woolly mitts"
   • ▪ a glove leaving the fingers and thumb-tip exposed.
   • ▪ a person's hand: informal "it's essential to get your mitts on a pair of low-slung combat trousers"
   • 2. a protective glove, especially one worn by a catcher and having one section for the thumb and another for all four fingers: "he sent the ball hurtling into the catcher's mitt"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: abbreviation of mitten.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

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