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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole.

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Examples

  • But his buttonholes were the greatest triumph of it all.

    The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter 1904

  • But his buttonholes were the greatest triumph of it all.

    The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter 1904

  • But his buttonholes were the greatest triumph of it all.

    The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter Beatrix Potter 1904

  • And, as you can see, I even made buttonholes, which is really easy using my Bernina automatic buttonhole foot.

    Tigers & Strawberries 2009

  • For example, girls were consistently taught basic stitches and techniques such as buttonholes, gathering, and hemming.

    "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006

  • _The bridegroom_ presents his best man and his ushers with their ties, their gloves, and tie pin, which is a souvenir of the occasion, as well as their _boutonnières_, or "buttonholes," to accept the last English expression, to be worn at the ceremony.

    The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Walter Germain

  • Lilies of the valley are the favorite wedding flowers, but the floral arrangements are regulated by the bride's family, who possibly have a certain color or flower scheme for the church decorations, and the "buttonholes" must be in keeping.

    The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Walter Germain

  • He certainly had reason to congratulate himself on having so attractive a young person to pour out his coffee and compose his "buttonholes" before he started for chambers in the morning.

    A Comedy of Masks A Novel Arthur Moore 1909

  • Prentiss to buy flowers and "buttonholes," and the little round baskets of strawberries, and even the peaches at three shillings each, which looked so tempting as they lay in the window, wrapped up in cotton-wool, like jewels of great price.

    The Lion and the Unicorn 1899

  • Unicorn were forced to amuse themselves with the beautiful ladies and smart-looking men who came to Prentiss to buy flowers and "buttonholes," and the little round baskets of strawberries, and even the peaches at three shillings each, which looked so tempting as they lay in the window, wrapped up in cotton-wool, like jewels of great price.

    Lion and the Unicorn Richard Harding Davis 1890

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