Meaning of button day | Babel Free

Definitions

A day on which money is raised for a group or cause by selling buttons for people to wear.

Australia

Examples

“A certain day each month is observed as button day. Buttons are supplied to the local unions by the district office, and there is a new button with a distinguishing mark or color for every month in the year.”

“In late November 1917, the editor of the Melbourne Argus was urged to spread the word about a possible 'button day' specifically aimed at prisoner-of-war relief: 'As an ardent supporter of the Button Fund collections I should like to urge the organisers . . . to arrange for a Prisoners' Day and that without delay . . . Can we not have a button day 'for all prisoners and captives'?”

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