buttonholing
present participle of buttonhole
buttonholing (uncountable)
The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.
Source: Wiktionary
But"ton*hole`, n.
Definition: The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
But"ton*hole`, v. t.
Definition: To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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