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‖ boutonnière|butɔnjɛr|
[Fr.]
1. A spray of flowers worn in the buttonhole.
1877B. Harte Story of a Mine xi, She had distributed it to make boutonnières for other gentlemen. 1883Standard 10 Nov. 3/2 Sir John Bennett came into court..carrying a huge bouquet, as well as a scarlet boutonnière. 1919Hist. Amer. Lit. II. 268 He had worn a high hat, cane, and boutonnière. 1970Daily Tel. 26 Feb. 17 Mr Bronson cooks and receives diners alternately..wearing a boutonnière in the lapel of his dark lounge suit.
2. Surg. An incision made in the urethra in order to extract a calculus or remove a tumour.
1884H. Thompson Tumours of Bladder 76 The high operation is a much more formidable and hazardous proceeding than the simple boutonnière. 1908Practitioner Feb. 180 A projecting intravesical lobe was wrenched out through a boutonnière incision. |