Buttonmold
a small disk or knob of wood, metal, plastic, etc., to be covered with fabric to form an ornamental button.
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any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode. the blue-breasted quail, Coturnix chinensis. Historical Examples The Day’s Work, Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling From Edinburgh to India & Burmah William G. Burn Murdoch noun any small […]
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