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.