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Definition of buttonholes:

(n) : A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
(n) : (chiefly British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
(n) : (attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
(v) : (transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
(v) : (ambitransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
(v) : (transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.

Definition of buttonholes:

(n) : A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
(n) : (chiefly British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
(n) : (attributive) So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
(v) : (transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
(v) : (ambitransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
(v) : (transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.

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