Sleeve-button
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sleeve-button is a noun meaning (dated) A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
Meaning
(dated) A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
Example Sentences
[…] I took my leave of Morgan with many tears, after we had exchanged our sleeve-buttons as remembrances of each other.
He wore […] projecting cuffs, fastened with large oxidized silver sleeve-buttons, bearing the device of a dog’s face,—English pug.
“How those sleeve-buttons will suit me!” thought he, as he fixed a pair on the fat pudgy wrists of Mr. Sedley. “I long for sleeve-buttons; and the Captain’s boots with brass spurs, in the next room, corbleu! what an effect they will make in the Allee Verte!”
The old man was fumbling with his sleeve button. Parker bared the arm, polished a little spot with a wisp of cotton saturated with alcohol, grasped the pathetically flabby skin with experienced fingers; and, tipping up the syringe, pushed the piston gently to expel the air.
Word Forms
- sleeve-buttons
Synonyms for sleeve-button
Depending on context, synonyms include cufflink.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cufflink, cuff link, sleeveholder, sleevehand, sleeve holder, sleevelet.
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