A hole through which buttons are pushed.

synonym: button hole.

Dutch: knoopsgat, boutonnière, corsage
Polish: butonierka

Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors.

synonym: lobby.

Roget 841: weary; tire etc. (fatigue) 688; bore; bore to death, weary to death, tire to death, bore out of one's skull, bore out of one's life, weary out of one's life, tire out of one's life, bore out of all patience, weary out of all patience, wear out one's patience, tire out of all patience; set to sleep, send to sleep; buttonhole.    pall, sicken, nauseate, disgust.    harp on the same string; drag its slow length along, drag its weary length along.    never hear the last of; be tired of, be sick of, be tired with etc. adj.; yawn; die with ennui.    [of journalistic articles] MEGO, my eyes glaze over.    ... show more