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buttonhole |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Buttonhole \But"ton*hole`\, n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Buttonhole \But"ton*hole`\, v. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: buttonhole n : buttons are pushed through it [syn: {button hole}] v : detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of as for political or economic favors [syn: {lobby}]
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