单词 | button eye |
释义 | > as lemmasbutton eye b. Similative, with the sense ‘resembling or suggestive of a button, esp. in being small and rounded’, as button eye, button mouth, etc. Cf. sense 1c and also button nose n. at Compounds 2a. ΚΠ 1735 J. Moore Columbarium 53 It is a small Pigeon..; it has a round button Head. 1859 Monthly Packet June 605 He had even won a smile from the little button-mouth of the small Albinia. 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve III. iv. iv. 211 A little man in a bob wig, with a turned-up nose and a button chin. 1966 Daily Mail 24 Mar. 18/2 Her bright little button face suffused in a seraphic beam. 2010 J. Manning Killing Room 14 In front of her..sat a baby, its round button eyes staring. < as lemmas |
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