BUTTON-DOWN Definition & Meaning

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button-down

[ buht-n-doun ]

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adjective

(of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
(of a shirt) having a button-down collar.
(of a shirt) having buttons down the front from the collar to the bottom.
Also buttoned-down. (especially of attitudes, opinions, etc.) extremely conventional; unimaginative.

button-down

adjective

(of a collar) having points that are fastened to the garment with buttons
(of a shirt) having a button-down collar
Alsobuttoned-down conventional or conservative
a button-down corporate culture

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Origin of button-down¹

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35

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Dressed casually in a plaid gray button-down shirt and beige pants, he drinks iced tea at a back-corner booth at Swingers Diner in West Hollywood.

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Lynch was wearing his uniform of the period — worn khakis, white button-down shirt, black blazer.

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Jimmy Carter wore a button-down shirt in Khartoum.

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If that wasn’t clear from the rumpled blue button-down he wears in almost every scene, it’s in his delight when Romy books a posh suite and he gasps, “There’s a whole living room in here.”

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Launched in 2019, Djerf Avenue rapidly gained a following among young women for wardrobe staples such as oversize button-down shirts and trousers.

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