get the mitten

Variant of mitten

mitten definition

mit·ten (mit′'n)

noun

  1. a glovelike covering for the hand, with a thumb but no separately divided fingers
  2. mitt (sense )

Etymology: ME mytten < OFr mitaine < mite (in same sense), prob. orig. metaphorical use of mite, cat

mitten Idioms

give (or get) the mitten

Informal to reject (or be rejected) as a lover

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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