handle without mittens

present singular third person handles without mittens · participle present handling without mittens · participle past handled without mittens · past handled without mittens

1. transitiveSynonym 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

   Synonyms: handle without gloves