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button-shaped |
buttonball |
buttonbush |
buttoned |
buttoned-down |
buttoned-up
| buttonhole
| buttonhole stitch
| buttonhook
| buttonlike
| buttonmold
buttoned-up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective buttoned-up has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
buttoned-up, adj.
- taciturn. Opposite of
voluble . [WordNet 1.5] - conservative in professional manner; as, employers are looking for buttoned-up types. [WordNet 1.5]
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