What does "buttonhole" mean?
Buttonhole: The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
Additional senses
- 2.To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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