How to pronounce“button hole”in English
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Definitions of “button hole”
A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
“He backed Mr. Lykins against an iron fence, buttonholed him, fastened him with his eye, like the ancient mariner, and proceeded to unfold his narrative as placidly and peacefully as if we were all stretched comfortably in a blossomy summer meadow instead of being persecuted by a wintry midnight tempest: […]”
To cut one or more buttonholes (in).