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Well," replied the buttonholer, "I was walking one day in the lane which separated Ruskin's house from mine, and I saw him coming down the lane towards me.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine

One of the principal clubs in London has the misfortune to be frequented by a gentleman who is by common consent the greatest bore and buttonholer in London.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine