Definition

• It was formerly the custom in England for clients to send a pair of gloves to the counsel who undertook their causes, and even to the judges who were to try them. These presents usually partook of the nature of a bribe, and it is recorded that a Mrs. Croaker presented Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor, with a pair of gloves lined with angels, which he returned.

  A bribe given under these circumstances continued to be called "glove money" long after the gloves had ceased to be a feature in the transaction.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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