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Definitions of buttonhole
  1. verb
    detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

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  2. noun
    a hole through which buttons are pushed

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Definition that contains buttonhole
  • button a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
  • needlepoint lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
  • buttonhook a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
  • boutonniere a flower that is worn in a buttonhole
  • point lace lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
  • blanket stitch a strong reinforcing stitch for edges of blanket and other thick material; similar to buttonhole stitch
  • buttonhole stitch a reinforcing looped stitch for edges, as around a buttonhole
  • cutwork embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away
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