Meaning of collar-button | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“It is their especial pleasure to roll your collar-button under the bed, to move⟳ your chair around so that you may stub your toe against it if you get⟳ up during the night, to work⟳ your penknife, keys, watch⟳, and other valuables into upholstered recesses of your sofa or easy-chair, and, generally, to hide⟳ things.”

““When Mr. Zunzer first came to America,” Dr. Solow said, “he peddled neckties, shoelaces and collar-buttons from a tray. He was very poor. […]”

“Lee Chong has sold his store to one Joseph and Mary Rivas, and departed in his own⟳ trading schooner with a stock⟳ of gold-plated collar-buttons, canned goods and rubber boots to the green and palm-strewn islands of the South Seas.”

CEFR level