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Webster 1913 Edition

Buttonhole

But′ton-holeˊ

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Noun.

The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

But′ton-holeˊ

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Verb.

T.

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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