Buttoning

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fastening with buttons.

    "He threw himself as he spoke upon a chair, and indolently, but gracefully, received the kind offices of Albert, who undid the coarse buttonings of the leathern gamashes which defended his legs[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of button form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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badgeknobpush buttona continentala cursea damn

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"Tom walked into the living room, still buttoning his shirt."

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