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ˈbuttons [pl. of button n. used as a sing.] 1. A boy in buttons, a page. colloq.
1848Thackeray Dinner at Timmins's i. ii. More than fourteen years older than little Buttons. 1855Fraser's Mag. LI. 433 He was a tiger—‘a buttons’. 1879Daily News 6 Mar. 5/6 The variety of domestic known as a ‘Buttons’. 2. A popular name for the tansy and other plants: see button n. 3. |