A bit of red string in the hat or in a buttonhole was the most ordinary symbol.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools] Reference

He was stylishly dressed as usual and carried a gold-headed cane, and in his buttonhole was a large carnation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice] Reference

Corrigan took a sip of coffee, noting that today the flower in the buttonhole was a particularly brilliant red.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 2 Issue 1 (ANSI Edition)] Reference

In his buttonhole was a hyacinth, and in one slender ivory hand he carried a huge bunch of pink roses, which, bowing deeply, he presented to the embarrassed girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fire-Tongue] Reference

The coats, encircling the stave and a thread of warp, are fixed to this string by a kind of buttonhole stitch (see fig. 179).    From Wordnik.com.  [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference

If a binding is placed over the edge this can be fixed with a pretty stitch, or the stitch alone can bind the edge, one such as buttonhole, overcast, or that shown in fig. 76.    From Wordnik.com.  [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference

Then he "buttonhole" stitched the holes, and embroidered patterns between them with fine white thread.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Footprints] Reference

If I could get you one by one, and 'buttonhole' you; and instead of the plural 'you' use the singular 'thou,' perhaps I could reach you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes] Reference

"buttonhole"; and Pomponnet, the pastrycook, was paying court to her, too -- to say nothing of the homage of messieurs Tricotrin, the poet, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chair on the Boulevard] Reference

You spot a librarian and buttonhole him for some help.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Perfect Search] Reference

"A deux temps?" he asked, fastening the rosebud in his buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

A flower filled in with open buttonhole stitch is shown at fig. 51.    From Wordnik.com.  [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference

He always goes around with a silk hat and a flower in his buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference

Ross had donned a Tuxedo and pinned a tiny, pink rose in his buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference

"What is that for?" she asked, staring at me as I placed it in my buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference

Thereafter, he was beset by agents and lawyers and other buttonhole salesmen.    From Wordnik.com.  [In A League Of His Own] Reference

The chain broke from the buttonhole and along with it came Harry's beautiful timepiece.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference

Needlepoint lace is made with needle and thread and principally in buttonhole stitches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference

There are two ways of forming the stitch, the common buttonhole and what is called tailor's buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference

Rodriguez and his counterparts in the faith community travel to Washington weekly to buttonhole lawmakers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Question Remains] Reference

Before you buttonhole your de-gifting in-laws for some frank talk, however, you should consider two things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Family Trouble: When Line Between A Gift And Loan Blur] Reference

A hand-made ground made of looped buttonhole stitches, which is the finest and most gossamer-like of all; and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference

He had his hands up, almost physically warding me off, and was backing away as I was trying to buttonhole him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forgotten] Reference

The Needlepoint ground, No. I., is formed by a buttonhole stitch, which loops over again before taking the next.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference

The work on the proofs was interrupted when the baby insisted on having the red rose from Sir Peter's buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference

He entered Desiree's bedroom, radiant and superb, very erect, his lamp in his hand and a camellia in his buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

One knows him to be a soldier by his regular walk, his gray moustaches, and the ribbon that decorates his buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Continue thus until you have worked 6 rows around top of shoe, then make a buttonhole as before, and finish with 4 rows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference

The promoter was still about Shopton, as well groomed as ever, with his rose in his buttonhole, and wearing his silk hat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference

A blade of grass had gotten twisted around a button of his uniform and hung down like a buttonhole bouquet over his breast.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference

The ground in itself is a marvellous piece of work, each of the sides of the mesh being covered with ten buttonhole stitches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference

The fourth example shows two lines of spaced buttonhole stitch fitting neatly the one into the other and forming a solid line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference

The trade group hired a research firm to buttonhole business people at airports to find out what they thought about the giveaways.    From Wordnik.com.  [$16.3 BILLION OF STRATEGIC SWAG] Reference

Automatic buttonholer Sews a buttonhole in one step, eliminating the need to stop and turn the fabric or manipulate selector dials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look for these features when buying a sewing machine] Reference

Hafner and Ardea in evening dress, with buttonhole bouquets, had the open and happy faces of two citizens who had clear consciences.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Special machines (two needle, embroidery, lace stitch, buttonhole, straw sewing, and the like), each according to kind 35.00 to 125.00.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Making of a Trade School] Reference

           As usual along came the Bubble Lady blowing bubbles and hawking her poetry books to anyone she could buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 12] Reference