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Baldwin likes to say that Michaels keeps a tuxedo in his glove compartment.
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Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
Inside your car, check the seat crevices and pockets, dashboard, steering wheel, glove compartment, and trunk.
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Kim Komando, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
Tools that can punch a hole in a window were tucked behind the glove compartment.
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 11 Feb. 2025
How does a young man with perfectly flowing chi and an EpiPen in his glove compartment wind up puffy faced and dead just off the Van Wyck Expressway?
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of glove compartment was
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“Glove compartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glove%20compartment. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
glove compartment
noun
: a small storage cabinet in the dashboard of an automobile
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