Buttonwood
Chiefly Eastern New England, sycamore (def 1).
Contemporary Examples
NYSE’s Sale to ICE: Sign of the Times Daniel Gross December 19, 2012
Historical Examples
Canoe Boys and Campfires William Murray Graydon
How To Do It Edward Everett Hale
Wings of the Wind Credo Harris
Trees Worth Knowing Julia Ellen Rogers
Croquet Anonymous
Wings of the Wind Credo Harris
Trees Worth Knowing Julia Ellen Rogers
American Forest Trees Henry H. Gibson
The Financier Theodore Dreiser
noun
Also called buttonball. a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis See plane tree
a small West Indian tree, Conocarpus erectus, with button-like fruits and heavy hard compact wood: family Combretaceae
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a bellboy or page in a hotel. a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop. anything resembling a button, especially in being small and round, as any of various candies, ornaments, tags, identification badges, […]
- Button-through
adjective (of a dress or skirt) fastened with buttons from top to hem
- Buttondown
(of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt. (of a shirt) having a button-down collar. (especially of attitudes, opinions, etc.) extremely conventional; unimaginative. adjective (of a collar) having points that are fastened to the garment with buttons (of a shirt) having a button-down collar Also buttoned-down. […]
- Buttoned-up
carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business. conservative, as in professional style or manner: Employers are looking for buttoned-up types. Contemporary Examples Little Gimmicks Fund Big Exhibits W.M. Akers September 21, 2010 Why Obama’s Campaign Bores Me Peter Beinart April 4, 2011 Tom Hiddleston On His Rocker-Vampire in […]
- Buttonhole-someone
Accost or detain a person in conversation. For example, The reporter tried to buttonhole the senator, but she got away. This term is a metaphor for literally grasping someone by a buttonhole on his or her clothing. [ Mid-1800s ]