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Buttonholer

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Buttonholer is a noun meaning One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.

Meaning

One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.

More Meanings

  1. An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hounder, prisoner, backtalker, hectorer, browbeater, hassler.

hounderprisonerbacktalkerhectorerbrowbeaterhasslerorbiterhenpeckerwag-halterblabbermouthhobnobberbuttonerblabbererhoisterhufferjabbererbreaker-innerhorsehecklerbadgerer

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