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button
button knoblike appendage used on wearing apparel either for ornament or for fastening. Although buttons were sometimes used as fasteners by Greeks and Romans, they were more often merely ornamental disks. They first became widely used when fitted garments came into use in the 13th cent., and their... Read more |
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Dick Button
Dick Button 1929- American figure skater Ranked as one of the greatest figure skaters of all time—perhaps second only to Sonja Henie in terms of his impact on the sport—Dick Button remains an influential force on the contemporary scene more than fifty years after he won his s... Read more |
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belly button
belly button The yogi contemplating his navel often figures for Westerners as an object of amusement, being taken as a symptom of indolence or narcissistic self-absorption. In reality nothing could be further from the truth; navel-gazing is, rather, a quest for absorption in realms transcending the... Read more |
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Zipper
Zipper Background Fasteners have come a long way since the early bone or horn pins and bone splinters. Many devices were designed later that were more efficient; such fasteners included buckles, laces, safety pins, and buttons. Buttons with buttonholes, while still an... Read more |
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concertina
concertina , musical instrument whose tone is produced by free reeds. It was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1829. It is a chromatic instrument similar to the accordion , but its bellows are attached to hexagonal blocks having handles and buttons (finger pistons), and it is smaller. It is... Read more |
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Shirtwaist
Shirtwaist The shirtwaist was a tailored blouse or shirt worn mainly by working-class women in the early years of the twentieth century. The shirtwaist was often worn with a fitted or looser A-line long skirt. Sometimes it was worn with a "tailor-made," which was a skirt-and-jacket suit. The... Read more |
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Pajamas
Pajamas Pajamas were loungewear and sleepwear that consisted of pants and jacket tops. The word derived from two Hindi terms: "pa(y)," for leg, and "jamah," for garment. It entered the English language around 1880 as "pyjamas," after the British colonized India, where Hindi was spoken. Americans... Read more |
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celluloid
celluloid [from cellulose ], transparent, colorless synthetic plastic made by treating cellulose nitrate with camphor and alcohol. Celluloid was the first important synthetic plastic and was widely used as a substitute for more expensive substances, such as ivory, amber, horn, and tortoiseshell.... Read more |
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Pierrot
Pierrot [Fr.,=little Peter], character in French pantomime. A buffoon, he wore a loose white tunic with big buttons, balloon sleeves, and white pantaloons. His face was painted white. A creation of Giuseppe Giaratone or Geratoni (fl. 1639-97), Pierrot was introduced to early 19th-century France by ... Read more |
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button
button • noun 1. buttons on the sweatersynonyms: fastener, stud, link. 2. the button on the radiosynonyms: knob, switch. |
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hot-button
hot-button • adjective hot-button issues synonyms: sensitive, thorny, ticklish, touchy, delicate, controversial, difficult, tough, troublesome; complicated, complex, involved, intricate; current, contemporary, topical, in the news. |
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pipe
...ask that couple in the first row to pipe downsynonyms: be quiet, be silent, hush, stop talking, hold one's tongue, settle down; informal shut up, shut one's mouth, zip it, button it, button one's lip, put a sock in it. |
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exact
...explicit, detailed, minute, meticulous, thorough; informal on the nail, on the mark, bang on, on the money, on the button.antonym: inaccurate. 2. an exact manager synonyms: careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, conscientious... |
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mushroom
mushroom • noun the mushrooms thrive in this warm wet weathersynonyms: fungus, button mushroom, cep, chanterelle, cremini, enoki, field mushroom, honey mushroom, horse mushroom, matsutake, morel, oyster mushroom... |
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opportunism
opportunism • noun she scaled the ladder of success with hard work and opportunismsynonyms: expediency, pragmatism, exploitation, Machiavellianism, maneuvering; pushing (all) the right buttons striking while the iron is hot, making hay while the sun shines. |
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precisely
precisely • adverb 1. at 6 o'clock preciselysynonyms: exactly, sharp, on the dot, on the button, dead on; inf. right on. 2. write out instructions very preciselysynonyms: exactly, literally, strictly, minutely.See precise 1. |
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push
...synonyms: force, shove, thrust, squeeze, jostle, elbow, shoulder, bundle, hustle; work, inch. 3. he pushed the panic button synonyms: press, depress, bear down on, hold down, squeeze; operate, activate. 4. don't push her to join in synonyms... |
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undo
undo • verb 1. he undid another button synonyms: unfasten, unbutton, unhook, untie, unlace; unlock, unbolt; loosen, disentangle, extricate, release, detach, free... |
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automatic
automatic • adjective 1. an automatic washing machinesynonyms: automated, mechanized, mechanical, push-button, robotic, self-activating, self-regulating, self-directing, self-propelling. 2. an automatic reactionsynonyms: instinctive... |
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Button, button, she's really got the buttons
...through her button box. Her button box just happens to contain more buttons than most. "She loves every button she sells," says Nancy Bartholomew...there's a miniature painting button." There are still more buttons in picture frames, on cards... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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BUTTON, BUTTON, THEY'VE GOT THE BUTTONS
...in grandma's button box or on thrift shop clothing, buttons may well be one...particular type of button. The talks often...courses, because the buttons are products of...New Jersey State Button Society, she said the buttons typically have... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Button, button, who's got the button?
...owner of Julie Button's Antiques and...room devoted to buttons. Most people...at a national button show in Portland...George Washington buttons. Made of metal...beautiful glass buttons. But under communism, button production as... |
 "Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)")
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Button collectors take a bow ; A Bridgton woman's collection stars in a show...
...continuing popularity of buttons prompted Leipold...the York County Button Club, to partner...became Waterbury Button Company," Harju...expanded into studio buttons. It involves a different...valuable." Studio buttons are decorative items...Where Leipold's button collection is ... |
 "Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME)")
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Button bonanza a quilter's paradise
...after that, maybe glass buttons. Some make a beeline to the button trunk, Motta said...clothes together with buttons, you can play "Button, Button, Who's Got...of a wooden tray with buttons. Or make button garlands for festive... |
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Button Jewelers brings on partner after 61 years in business.(UPDATES)
...being a partner." Button and Delagrave said the idea of the Buttons bringing on a partner...stone setting work for Button on a contract basis when he heard the Buttons were looking for a...time sales associate. Button said Delagrave asked... |
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2-button suit models on rebound as stores assess three-button biz;...
...rebirth of two-buttons -- and the sharp increase in one-button models -- is...gone to three-button models are being redirected to two-buttons -- but not the...overreaction to three-buttons and as a result, two-button is getting back... |
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Button vendor in D.C. says his sales are protected by first amendment
...Sarah Palin buttons, Bill Clinton buttons, Jimmy Carter buttons and a button that said, "Chinese for Nixon...and '70s, young people wore these buttons on their backpacks to school. And this button, with the flower, the woman who... |
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Button, button -- Burlingame's got em
...husband bought her a button-collecting book...markets, putting buttons on layaway when they...share their love of buttons. "I still remember...spending over $5 on a button," Weingarten said...California State Button Society. The society...out the array of buttons which vary in ... |
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Button offers hope that Schumacher can be beaten
...2004 Dateline: IMOLA, ItalyJenson Button still has a long way to go, but with...Grand Prix last month. Three weeks ago, Button repeated the performance at the sport...came Saturday at the San Marino GP when Button beat him for the pole.Button's record... |
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