1 a hole on a piece of clothing for a button to be put through
2 (BrE) (AmE boutonniere) a flower that is worn in the buttonhole of a coat or jacket
verb (informal) [VN] to make sb stop and listen to you, especially when they do not want to:
He buttonholed me just as I was going home.
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