Buttonhook
a small, usually metal hook for pulling buttons through buttonholes, as on gloves, dresses, breeches, etc.
Historical Examples
The Mystery of Arnold Hall Helen M. Persons
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 Various
Anecdotes of the Great War Carleton Britton Case
Christopher and Columbus Countess Elizabeth Von Arnim
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) Havelock Ellis
Seeing France with Uncle John Anne Warner
noun
a thin tapering hooked instrument formerly used for pulling buttons through the buttonholes of gloves, shoes, etc
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