fasten a buttonhole
sew a buttonhole
a row of buttonhole stitch.
She buttonholed me outside the door.
stuck a flower in his buttonhole; sticking her head out the window.
He struggled to fasten the buttonhole on his shirt.
She carefully pinned a flower to his buttonhole.
The tailor sewed a new buttonhole on the jacket.
The buttonhole on my coat is too tight.
She awkwardly tried to thread the button through the buttonhole.
He wore a carnation in his buttonhole for the wedding.
The buttonhole on the pants needs to be enlarged.
She carefully cut open the buttonhole with a seam ripper.
The tailor added decorative stitching around the buttonhole.
He nervously fidgeted with the buttonhole during the interview.
Almost more important than the button is the buttonhole.
For a button on our clothing to work, it needs a buttonhole.
When button a button you slip it into a buttonhole. A buttonhole traps the button.
So, to buttonhole someone means you have trapped them in a spoken conversation.
Jen had me buttonholed for an hour about her work project.
The button and the buttonhole is such a great invention.
So, if you buttonhole someone in a conversation, you trap them.
Good for you. I got buttonholed with a few people for an hour.
He was wearing a flower that resembled an oversized artichoke in his buttonhole.
Now, you can buttonhole someone with a fun topic.
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