give the mitten to

English

Verb

give the mitten to (third-person singular simple present gives the mitten to, present participle giving the mitten to, simple past gave the mitten to, past participle given the mitten to)

  1. (colloquial, dated) To dismiss as a lover; to reject the suit of.

Synonyms
  • give one the mitten

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for give the mitten to under mitten in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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