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The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

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  1. n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
  2. 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.
  3. n. a hole through which buttons are pushed
  4. v. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
  5. The hole or loop in which a button is caught. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
  6. v:26/n:74 n. a hole through which buttons are pushed