| 单词 | buttonhole rose | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuttonhole rose  c.   attributive, with the sense ‘worn in or designed to be attached to a (lapel) buttonhole’, as  buttonhole rose,  buttonhole light,  buttonhole camera, etc. See also buttonhole flower n.,  buttonhole bouquet n. at  Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > 			[noun]		 > worn as reading-aid buttonhole light1919 1848    J. Richardson Trav. Sahara II. xxi. 180  				The Chinese have their peacock's feather as a set-off against our button-hole ribbon. 1878    University Mag. 		(Dublin)	 Feb. 184/2  				A fine man, who affected style, had an inveterate tendency to lavender kid gloves and button-hole roses. 1894    Weekly Standard & Express 		(Blackburn)	 27 Jan. 8/2  				I have not yet seen, outside London, the button-hole globes of electric light worn by the 'bus ticket collectors. 1919    Bridgeport 		(Connecticut)	 Standard Telegram 15 Oct. 20/6  				Button hole light late innovation. One of the latest innovations in the..flashlight is the one which fits in your coat lapel. 1955    Observer 13 Nov. 8/3  				Their new, complete portable transmitting apparatus with the buttonhole microphone which obviates the trailing wires or the impudent stick. 1993    T. Burns Use of Memory viii. 81  				A tall blind young man with a Nazi buttonhole badge. 2007    D. Baldacci Stone Cold 		(2017)	 344  				Finn strolled around the lab, surreptitiously taking pictures with his buttonhole camera. < as lemmas | 
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