Etymology
Origin of buttony
Example Sentences
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And you would sit on one of the four little podgy, buttony, tasselly red chairs that are ranged on the other side of the table facing the sofa.
From Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth
As he spoke a buttony boy came up to the Bo'sun.
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
Fondly hoping no one would observe it, she sewed bright buttons wherever they could be put, and sent confiding Boo away in a pair of blue trousers, which were absurdly hunchy behind and buttony before.
From Jack and Jill by Alcott, Louisa May
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 Thackeray, William Makepeace
Her skirt made a buttony noise with the heads of the rib-grass.
From There & Back by MacDonald, George
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