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(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Buttonhole'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/buttonhole.html. 1828.
 
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