Associations to the word «Buttonholer»
Wiktionary
BUTTONHOLER, noun. One who detains somebody in conversation against their will.
BUTTONHOLER, noun. An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.