单词 | buttonholing |
释义 | buttonholingn. The action of buttonhole v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > sewing in other ways hemminga1300 back-stitch1611 buttonholing1828 felling1840 pintucking1903 stab-stitching1917 prick-stitching1952 bar tack1955 bar-tacking1959 pad stitching1960 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > detaining in conversation button-holding1829 buttonholing1848 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 119 From the little workwoman's first attempt to insert thread into a pocket handkerchief,..up to the..mysteries of stitching and button-holing. 1848 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 494 Such a button-holing of Mr. Rogers afterwards, whenever an opportunity offered, to get some further explanation. 1873 Daily News 7 Nov. 5/5 They were subjected to a good deal of button-holing. 1889 W. H. A. Jacobson Operations of Surg. ix. 321 The mucous membrane and periosteum are separated from the bone, every possible care being taken to raise these..without laceration or button-holing. 1905 Life Insurance Independent June 144/2 The efficient agent..ought to be as irresistible an adept at ‘button-holeing’ as was the ancient mariner. 1961 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 17 Mar. Sewing, pinking, button-holing and related tasks are completed on the production line. 2008 P. Shenon Commission xxv. 166 Their buttonholing of lawmakers in the House and Senate parking lots..had shamed the White House and Congress into agreeing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buttonholingadj. Having a tendency to detain someone in conversation. Also: that firmly holds the attention or interest; gripping. Cf. earlier button-holding adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] > detaining in conversation button-holding1817 buttonholing1860 1860 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 18 Oct. Street-walking, button-holing, professional politicians. 1883 T. W. Reid Gladys Fane (1884) xxxiv. 392 With his small stock of patience utterly exhausted, he burst from the button-holing bore with an oath. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) ii. iii. 179 That alluring, button-holeing..style of newspaper advertisement. 1963 Times 13 June 15/5 His book is a buttonholing chronicle of daring theft and boudoir hanky-panky. 2009 B. Hoskyns Lowside of Road i. v. 166 The buttonholing boozer with a bagful of implausible stories. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1828adj.1860 |
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