Reinforced opening to accommodate a button.
A hole through which buttons are pushed.
Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors.
1 However John Steed and his trademark buttonhole were nowhere to be seen.
2 When the basting is removed, the buttonhole will be symmetrical in appearance.
3 A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.
4 Susan culled the gaudy flower and placed it affectionately in George's buttonhole .
5 Sharlee put the flag in his buttonhole under her mother's watchful gaze.
6 The Court- physician passed with a bit of ribbon in his buttonhole .
7 I must give you one of my pretty flowers for your buttonhole .
8 A rather pretty girl, pale with agitation, seized me by the buttonhole .
9 Whoops. She slipped the top button of my shirt from its buttonhole .
10 They have ceased all attempts to buttonhole him, for he is unapproachable.
11 Mrs. Singleton finished the buttonhole in Dick's apron, and threaded her needle.
12 The Prince had a rosette of the Legion of Honour in his buttonhole .
13 The boys had a white ribbon tied in the buttonhole of their jackets.
14 Then the president commands his minion to place it tenderly in his buttonhole .
15 In his mouth was a cigarette, and in his buttonhole a pink carnation.
16 The rose in his buttonhole was not more radiant than he.
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