buttonhole in the PONS Dictionary

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It was worn from a ribbon on the officer's medal bar ahead of other decorations or, typically, separately worn through the buttonhole.
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Occasionally bars of buttonhole stitches are worked over fabric and net before both are cut away.
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A button and buttonhole are placed at the ends of the bands, or two tape strings.
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The zona orbicularis assists in maintaining the contact in the joint by acting like a buttonhole on the femoral head.
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Before wristwatches became popular, gentlemen kept their pocket watches in the front waistcoat pocket, with the watch on a watch chain threaded through a buttonhole.
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She has had a loss in her family lately, which perhaps accounts for the lack of triviality your lordship complains of in the buttonhole.
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The zona orbicularis acts like a buttonhole on the femoral head and assists in maintaining the contact in the joint.
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A keyhole at the end of the buttonhole closest to the gap will accommodate the button's shank without distorting the fabric.
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Lapels also have a buttonhole, intended to hold a boutonnire, a decorative flower.
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Even something as simple as a bar-tack or a buttonhole stitch is usually done by a dedicated machine incapable of doing anything else.
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