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Buttons

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Buttons/ˈbʌt(ə)nz/

▶noun Brit. informal a nickname for a liveried pageboy, especially in a pantomime.

– origin C19: from the rows of buttons on his jacket.

'Buttons' also found in these Oxford entries:

accordion - bachelor's buttons - button - button-back - buttonhook - button-through - cardigan - click - double-breasted - duster - fly - golf shirt - haberdashery - joypad - key - keypad - notion - pearly - pearly king - polo shirt - shirt - single-breasted - stopwatch - stud - telephone - unbutton

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