Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buttonholer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
but-ton-holer
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.

noun

An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.

Etymology

From buttonhole + -er.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

buttonholers (plural)

Questions

What does buttonholer mean?
One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.
Where does buttonholer come from?
From buttonhole + -er.

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