Buttonholer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.
  2. 2
    An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.

Synonyms

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Etymology

From buttonhole + -er.

Related phrases

sewing machine

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