buttonhole
Definitions
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WordNet 3.6
- v buttonhole detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
- n buttonhole a hole through which buttons are pushed
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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- n Buttonhole The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
- v. t Buttonhole To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- n buttonhole The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
- n buttonhole A name given to the hart's-tongue fern, Scolopendrium vulgare, because its fructification in the young state resembles a buttonhole in form and appearance.
- buttonhole To seize by the buttonhole or button and detain in conversation; interview.
- buttonhole To make buttonholes in.
- n buttonhole In surgery, any small straight incision into a cavity or canal. See boutonnière, 2.
- n buttonhole A buttonhole bouquet.
- buttonhole To sow with the stitch used in making buttonholes: used in sewing, lacework, and embroidery.
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Usage
In literature:
Constance turned to the visitor and swept him with an appreciative glance, her eye lingering a second on the oleander in his buttonhole.
"Jerry Junior" by Jean Webster
The fourth example shows two lines of spaced buttonhole stitch fitting neatly the one into the other and forming a solid line.
"Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving" by Grace Christie
Sometimes they have sprays of arbutus in their buttonholes, or bunches of hepatica.
"The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers" by John Burroughs
From his buttonhole dangles from a white ribbon a little cross of white enamel.
"The Eagle of the Empire" by Cyrus Townsend Brady
They were deep in tradition, and in method, its buttonhole relation.
"Christmas" by Zona Gale
He was carrying himself with less than his usual stoop, he wore a red carnation in his buttonhole.
"Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo" by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Wore a diamond-set Shriners' watch fob, and an Elks' emblem in his buttonhole.
"Torchy As A Pa" by Sewell Ford
The young Investigator wore a light grey tweed suit, with a salmon-coloured geranium in his buttonhole.
"Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels" by Stephen Leacock
I didn't know a thing about it till Max Duklass buttonholed me down by the landing stage.
"Ministry of Disturbance" by Henry Beam Piper
A pink carnation in his buttonhole matched his healthy complexion.
"The Girl on the Boat" by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
These groups are joined by buttonhole knots.
"Encyclopedia of Needlework" by Thérèse de Dillmont
Some caps are now made with the buttonhole at the upper end of the slot.
"Handwork in Wood" by William Noyes
Question number four is, Work a buttonhole on the accompanying strip of linen.
"Betty Trevor" by Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey
And he'll have on a fresh white suit for the evening, and a cah'nation in his buttonhole.
"The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor" by Annie Fellows Johnston
He had a little ink-bottle hanging at his buttonhole and a pen in his mouth, and was followed by quite a crowd of keen-looking men.
"Brownsmith's Boy" by George Manville Fenn
She helped me, crying all the time, hurrying and making all sorts of mistakes and unable to find either buttonholes or laces, while Mme.
"The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8)" by Guy de Maupassant
It is worked from left to right instead of from right to left as in a buttonhole.
"Textiles and Clothing" by Kate Heintz Watson
But he didn't carry them as a bouquet, nor wear one in his buttonhole.
"The Tale of Nimble Deer" by Arthur Scott Bailey
Sir George in a corner is buttonholing Frederic and saddening him with last accounts of the Scapegrace.
"April's Lady" by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Unfortunately you can't buttonhole familiarly a young girl as you would a young fellow.
"Chance" by Joseph Conrad
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In poetry:
It was the middle of September,
Victor came to the office one day;
He was wearing a flower in his buttonhole,
He was late but he was gay.
Victor came to the office one day;
He was wearing a flower in his buttonhole,
He was late but he was gay.
"Victor" by W H Auden
Sicilian bolshevists,
With hibiscus flowers in the buttonholes of your Sunday suits,
Come now, speaking of rights, what right have you to this
flower?
With hibiscus flowers in the buttonholes of your Sunday suits,
Come now, speaking of rights, what right have you to this
flower?
"Hibiscus And Salvia Flowers" by D H Lawrence
Smart dudes and ladies' men--the few
Who wish they could be ladies too--
Display a sprig of yellow
Conspicuous in their buttonhole,
To captivate a maiden soul
Or vex some other fellow.
Who wish they could be ladies too--
Display a sprig of yellow
Conspicuous in their buttonhole,
To captivate a maiden soul
Or vex some other fellow.
"All the Rage" by Hattie Howard
In news:
A friend who works at one of Daniel Boulud's places buttonholed me on the sidewalk: Was The NoMad's chicken as " astronomical " as she'd heard.
The old cowboy shrugged on his jacket, pulling it up tight around his neck, tucking in his neck scarf while he fished to match buttons to buttonholes to close out the sharp cold of the fall morning.
Some travel to the annual Pennsylvania Society event to test the waters for political campaigns, and some to seal deals or buttonhole lawmakers.
Some travel to the annual Pennsylvania Society event to test the waters for political campaigns, some come to seal deals or buttonhole lawmakers.
Since it was founded 90 years ago, the Poppy Factory has produced millions of buttonhole poppies to mark Remembrance Day each November.
Our current testing features sewing machines that can recommend the proper presser foot , determine the right thread tension and stitch length, size and sew a buttonhole, and automatically cut the thread.
Had to adjust tension a lot for buttonhole.
Reinforce a Tattered Buttonhole How-To.
Reinforce a Tattered Buttonhole.
A tattered buttonhole doesn't hold a button well -- or look good.
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