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▸ noun: (chiefly British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
▸ noun: (attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
▸ noun: (surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
▸ noun: The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
▸ noun: (obsolete) vagina, coin slot.
▸ noun: (lightly vulgar) The butthole (anus).
▸ verb: (transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
▸ verb: (transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.
▸ verb: (transitive, surgery, chiefly archaic) To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To apply a flowery formation in.
▸ verb: (intransitive, archaic, rare) To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
Similar:
button hole,
lobby,
button-hole,
buttoner,
buttonhook,
keyhole,
bachelors button,
collar button,
bachelor's button,
stay-button,
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