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Buttonhole
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.