buttons
/ˈbʌt.ənz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.98 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small South African plant of the genus Conophytum, with button-like succulent leaves covering its exterior.
Example Sentences
- "A Custum' Us officer knows what to do with his Buttons, "said the Jack , repeating the obnoxious word with the greatest contempt , “when they comes betwixt him and his own light[…]""
- "‘Go ahead, call the buttons. You'll get a big reaction from it.’"
- "And we've got that other boy now, Ganesh something, I met him once, and I didn't understand a word he was saying, but the child seems to have all his buttons."
- "That night in his room before he'd left for New Orleans, Lewis had behaved like he didn't have all his buttons."
- "In the quaint vernacular of old Dad Peppin, Zion Jore might not have all his buttons, but he had more of what he did have than most men—more imagination to conceive a plot, more daring to carry it out, no fear to hamper him, […]"