Word Meaning

Meaning of "buttonhole" and the crossword clue

- Detain in conversation
- Flower worn on the lapel
- Lapel slit
- Waylay a flower at a wedding
- The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
- To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.