buttoner

English edit

Etymology edit

button +‎ -er

Noun edit

buttoner (plural buttoners)

One who buttons something.
Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment.
A manufacturer of buttons.
(slang, dated) A con man's apprentice.

References edit

John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams edit

rebutton

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