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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Buttonhole

/bŭt'-ən-hōlˌ/ · But·ton·hole · IPA /ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/
01 n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
  1. 1.
    The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
02 v. t. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
  1. 1.
    To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.