boutonniere
a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.
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How to use boutonniere in a sentence
An after dinner cigar, and a little boutonniere of fragrant flowers furnished by a gray-haired old lady, completed the program.
The Everett massacre | Walker C. SmithAt each place, beside the napkin, is a rich red rose, just large enough to form a dainty boutonniere.
Suppers | Paul PierceHe lifted the lapel of his coat, carrying the boutonniere to his nose.
The White Moll | Frank L. PackardThen as she glanced at the lapel of his coat she continued: "And you must have a boutonniere; may I select something for you?"
The Heatherford Fortune | Mrs. Georgie SheldonHe seems to have passed it and to have plucked it casually,—but it is a boutonniere with tin foil round it.
British Dictionary definitions for boutonniere
/ (ˌbʊtɒnɪˈɛə) /
another name for buttonhole (def. 2)
Origin of boutonniere
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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