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buttons

[buht-nz]

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. a bellboy or page in a hotel.



buttons

/ ˈʌəԳ /

noun

  1. informal(functioning as singular) a page boy

“Collins 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of buttons1

First recorded in 1840–50; so called from the many buttons of his uniform
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Javier, a garment worker in the area who declined to give his last name, works in a factory affixing buttons to clothing alongside about 20 other workers.

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“And Owen was probably genuinely tired. But also, I’m thinking, ‘This kid Jamie is really trying to push my buttons.’

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Other Guardsmen wore their sympathies on their sleeves and lapels: pro-striker buttons.

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But in truth, nothing is ever as simple or perfect as it appears to be — and that doesn’t just apply to her Gaultier jacket that’s missing two buttons.

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Then - at a certain point - he hits a few buttons, and the powerful, heavy machine is driving itself, moving at speed along a public road to Tianjin.

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