Etymology
Origin of buttony
Example Sentences
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As he spoke a buttony boy came up to the Bo'sun.
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
"Isn't he a nice bright doctor?" said Minnie; "he shines so shiny, and he's so very buttony; I think his buttons are splendid."
From The Fairy Nightcaps by Aunt Fanny
Her lady's-maid and the chariot, her visiting book, and the buttony page became soon as familiar to Amelia as the humble routine of Brompton.
From Boys and girls from Thackeray by Kate Dickinson Sweetser
The lady's maid and the chariot, the visiting-book and the buttony page, became soon as familiar to Amelia as the humble routine of Brompton.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Buttony—Buttony—why, confound you, sirra, send for a tailor, then, for he understands buttony."
From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
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