buttons

American  

[buht-nz] / ˈbʌt nz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. a bellboy or page in a hotel.

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buttons British  

/ ˈbʌtənz /

noun

1. informal (functioning as singular) a page boy

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Etymology

Origin of buttons

First recorded in 1840–50; so called from the many buttons of his uniform

Example Sentences

Man, if my chest hair wasn’t going visibly gray and I was instead a lanky, chiseled Zoomer with a hit LP I might feel the same way about top buttons.

From Los Angeles Times

Vendors sold buttons and hats — some with the tagline “resistance is beautiful” — while others collected signatures for various ballot measures.

From Los Angeles Times

The crows brought him silver buttons and paper clips, and coins which he dug holes in and strung onto a shoelace and wore round his neck.

From Literature

Remember how loudly I complained about Tesla and others ditching buttons and knobs for all-touchscreen everything?

From The Wall Street Journal

"I wanted to see whether, when you strip away the usual Chanel signatures - the tweed, the jewelled buttons - you can still get to that essence," he told WWD.

From BBC