buttons

buttons
Third-person singular simple present of to button.

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  • Buttons — But tons, n. A boy servant, or page, in allusion to the buttons on his livery. [Colloq.] Dickens. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Buttons — (engl., spr. bött ns, »Knospen«), s. Ariocarpus …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • buttons — [but′ nz] n. [Informal, Chiefly Brit.] a bellhop, hotel page, etc …   English World dictionary

  • Buttons — Необходимо проверить качество перевода и привести статью в соответствие со стилистическими правилами Википедии. Вы можете помочь улучшить эту статью, исправив в ней ошибки. Оригинал на английском языке Buttons (song). Эта отметка стоит на статье… …   Википедия

  • buttons — n. bellboy in a hotel, pageboy (British usage) but·ton || bÊŒtn n. switch, push button; young mushroom v. fasten with buttons; be fastened with buttons …   English contemporary dictionary

  • buttons — /ˈbʌtnz / (say butnz) plural noun any of a number of plant species, especially of the family Compositae, with button like flower heads as, billy buttons of the genus Craspedia, and water buttons, Cotula coronopifolia …  

  • buttons —    From the mid nineteenth century until the 1930s this was a standard term of address for a bell boy, or bell hop, in a hotel. The name derived from the uniform worn by such a person, distinguished by its row of buttons down the front. In modern …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • buttons — /but nz/, n. (used with a sing. v.) Chiefly Brit. a bellboy or page in a hotel. [1840 50; so called from the many buttons of his uniform] * * * …   Universalium

  • Buttons — noun Brit. informal a nickname for a liveried pageboy, especially in a pantomime. Origin C19: from the rows of buttons on his jacket …   English new terms dictionary

  • BUTTONS — n. colloq. a liveried page boy. Etymology: from the rows of buttons on his jacket …   Useful english dictionary

  • Buttons McBoomBoom — is a cartoon character in the C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) series from Hasbro which ran from 1988 1989.Character ProfileA character straight out of the Prohibition Era, Buttons McBoomBoom is a cold faced, serious looking… …   Wikipedia

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