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buttonhook
noun but·ton·hook \ˈbə-tən-ˌhu̇k\
Definition of BUTTONHOOK
1
: a hook for drawing small buttons through buttonholes
2
: an offensive play in football in which the pass receiver runs straight downfield and then abruptly cuts back toward the line of scrimmage
— buttonhook intransitive verb
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First Known Use of BUTTONHOOK
1870
Rhymes with BUTTONHOOK
Beaverbrook, bring to book, cock a snook, comic book, copybook, donnybrook, gerenuk, grappling hook, inglenook, in one's book, Leeuwenhoek, off the hook, overbook, overlook, picture book, pocketbook, pressure-cook, pruning hook, Sandy Hook, service book, statute book, storybook, talking book, tenterhook, Volapük
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