What does shirt-button mean?
Shirt-button means A button for a shirt, usually a man's..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A button for a shirt, usually a man's..
[…] though Mrs. Norris could fidget about the room, and disturb everybody in quest of two needlefuls of thread or a second-hand shirt button, in the midst of her nephew’s account of a shipwreck or an engagement, everybody else was attentive […]
He had frequently restored to me sixpences and shillings carelessly dropped upon the floor, for I am apt to be very reckless in such shirt-button affairs [i.e., involving things of low value].
A couple of his shirtbuttons were missing, the dark hair of his chest protruding through the gap.
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Shirt-button means A button for a shirt, usually a man's..
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[…] though Mrs. Norris could fidget about the room, and disturb everybody in quest of two needlefuls of thread or a second-hand shirt button, in the midst of her nephew’s account of a shipwreck or an engagement, everybody else was attentive […]
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