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单词 buttonhook
释义

buttonhook

noun

but·​ton·​hook ˈbə-tᵊn-ˌhu̇k How to pronounce buttonhook (audio)
1
: a hook for drawing small buttons through buttonholes
2
: an offensive play in football in which the pass receiver runs straight downfield and then abruptly cuts back toward the line of scrimmage
buttonhook intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The approach establishes the stakes: No access to legal abortions for a long time meant death for many women, who resorted to poking corset ribs, buttonhooks, hairpins and knitting needles through the cervix to disrupt unwanted pregnancies. Elizabeth Rusch, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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