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glove

slang A condom. You know the saying—no glove, no love. A: "Hey, Tom—this chick wants to bring me back to her place!" B: "Go for it, dude. Just make sure you wear a glove!" In an effort to promote safe sexual practices, the student union began handing out gloves to everyone passing by.
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"But it is always easy to tell when a gentleman is used to putting on kid gloves."
I shall have a new ribbon for my hair, and Marmee will lend me her little pearl pin, and my new slippers are lovely, and my gloves will do, though they aren't as nice as I'd like."
"You must have gloves, or I won't go," cried Meg decidedly.
"It is one of her aristocratic tastes, and quite proper, for a real lady is always known by neat boots, gloves, and handkerchief," replied Meg, who had a good many little `aristocratic tastes' of her own.
Jo thanked him and gladly went, wishing she had two neat gloves when she saw the nice, pearl-colored ones her partner wore.
Fanny also lent her a pair of three-button gloves, which completed her content, and when Tom greeted her with an approving, "Here 's a sight for gods and men!
But it was not, and Polly's fun cost more than the price of gloves and bonnet, for, having nibbled at forbidden fruit, she had to pay the penalty.
As she said this she looked down at her hands, and was surprised to see that she had put on one of the Rabbit's little white kid gloves while she was talking.
Moreover, recently a revolutionary type of medical examination glove has been developed, which seems to have an entirely new layer of infection control in it.
As part of the acquisition, Radians has opened a new sales office for Bellingham Glove in Bellingham, Wash.
Stretch fabric gussets in the crook of each finger also allows a lot of airflow into the glove.
'MREPC has identified several programmes to enhance awareness on the importance of glove use in the healthcare sector and to promote quality made-in-Malaysia rubber medical gloves,' Mah added.
The added wording augments the existing wording referring to "light in color" and therefore enhances a referee's ability to ascertain a non-conforming glove before wetness occurs.
The advisory shall cover the importation, distribution, manufacture, storage, distribution, and use of (1) powdered surgeon's gloves; (2) powdered patient examination gloves; and (3) absorbable powder for lubricating a surgeon's glove.
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