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buttonhole

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted behlnoottuStarts with BEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A slit or hole in fabric for fastening a button.

Used in a sentence

  • The usual cause of conjunctival buttonholes is penetration of the tissue by the tip of a sharp instrument […]
  • Hiro and Chuck grab the closest thing they can find to a corner table. Hiro buttonholes a waiter and surreptitiously orders a pitcher of Pub Special, mixed half and half with nonalcoholic beer.
  • He buttonholed people on the street and related details of his child’s miraculous progress without even prefacing his remarks with the hypocritical but polite: “I know everyone thinks their own child is smart but—”

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