Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small button-hook used for buttoning gloves. Also called
glove-clasp .
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Examples
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Marjory's feelings had been soothed by a pair of tan-colored kids, three-buttoned, stitched on the backs, accompanied by a glove-buttoner and a hug from John.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various
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Pencil and penknife, scent-bottle, glove-buttoner, and, best of all, a tiny mirror, in which he viewed his still tearful countenance with undisguised satisfaction.
A Venetian June Anna Fuller 1884
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a glove-buttoner, a penknife, and a set of ivory jackstraws.
The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life John Kendrick Bangs 1892
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