A *glove compartment* or *glovebox* or *glovie* is a compartment built into the dashboard , located over the front-seat passenger's footwell in an automobile , often used for miscellaneous storage. The name derives from the original purpose of the compartment, to store gloves . They were sometimes in a box on the floorboard near the driver, hence the alternate moniker of a "glovebox". In most vehicles, the glove compartment closes with a latch, with the option of being locked with a key (often desirable when using valet service, or when parking while the convertible top is down, or when the compartment contains a mechanism to open the trunk ).
Glovebox
Sep 03, 2017
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And as we all know, Wikipedia--editable by random people anytime it suits them--is the absolute end of all knowledge.
Which American English? That of Boston? Or of Alabama? Or of northeastern Ohio? Or of Milwaukee? Or of Minneapolis?
Don't f*ck with a linguist; you'll lose.
California, of course. We speak correctly and have no accents. Well, some of us have Hispanic accents, of course. There are always exceptions.
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