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push–button
adjective
Definition of PUSH-BUTTON
1
: operated or done by means of push buttons <a push–button phone>
2
: using or dependent on complex and more or less self-operating mechanisms that are put in operation by a simple act comparable to pushing a button <push–button warfare>
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First Known Use of PUSH-BUTTON
1916
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