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Why is it unlucky?
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Why is it deemed unlucky to say 'thank you' to someone that picks up your glove and hands it back to you when you have dropped it?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There may possibly be some connection with the fact that a glove was involved in a challenge to a duel in times past. Thus, we have phrases such as 'throw down the gauntlet' = make the challenge and 'pick up the gauntlet' = accept the challenge. So, the to-ing and fro-ing of gloves had an element of animosity involved.