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buttonhook
/ ˈʌəˌʊ /
noun
- a thin tapering hooked instrument formerly used for pulling buttons through the buttonholes of gloves, shoes, etc
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Setting down my buttonhook, I rose to my feet.
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Some are emblazoned with catchy brand names like Presto, U-Neek and Pullezi, and their resourceful attachments include saws, hatchets, chisels and buttonhooks.
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One was a crafty buttonhook route, where Watkins found a soft spot in the middle of the Denver defense and ran untouched 10 yards for the score.
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Sam Houston gave me a buttonhook, and Lamar gave me a pincushion shaped like a fat red tomato.
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Early photographs from Ellis Island show health inspectors using buttonhooks to flip over immigrants’ eyelids, looking for the telltale white pustules.
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