Shirt-button
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shirt-button is a noun meaning A button for a shirt, usually a man's.
Meaning
A button for a shirt, usually a man's.
Example Sentences
A couple of his shirtbuttons were missing, the dark hair of his chest protruding through the gap.
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].
[…] 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 […]
Word Forms
- shirt-buttons
- shirtbutton
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include button-down, button-up, buttoning, buttoner, sleeve-button, button.
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