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Word: mitten (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...week's end, a Chinese newsman sized up the two peace delegations: "The Reds are offering an iron glove, the Nationalists a soft fur mitten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Iron Glove v. Soft Mitten | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

...immaculate mats of his living-room floor. Wall panels had been pulled wide so that he could contemplate his precise garden and bask in the afternoon sunshine. His brown, rough-silk kimono lay open from shoulder to ankle, his undershirt was unbuttoned, he wiggled his toes in white, mitten-like socks. His radio blared a grunt-by-grunt account of the winter sumo wrestling matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Son of a Samurai | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

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