buttons

English

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Noun

buttons

1. plural of button
2. The dung of sheep.

buttons (plural buttons)

1. A remote control.
2. (colloquial, dated) A boy servant, or page.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?)

3. (slang) A policeman.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 78:

     ‘Go ahead, call the buttons. You'll get a big reaction from it.’

Verb

buttons

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of button

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.tɔ̃/

Verb

buttons

1. first-person plural present indicative of butter
2. first-person plural imperative of butter