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boutonniere
[ boot-n-eer, boo-tuhn-yair ]
noun
- a flower or small bouquet worn, usually by a man, in the buttonhole of a lapel.
boutonniere
/ ˌʊɒɪˈɛə /
noun
- another name for buttonhole
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of boutonniere1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of boutonniere1
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Tender, honest and evocatively photographed, this documentary sticks to you like a boutonniere on a lapel.
We turned that over and over during the drive that followed until I burst out laughing — the crazed kind that might result from being sprayed in the face by the Joker's trick boutonniere.
As homecomings go, it was one bloody boutonniere.
Sitting in his parents’ backyard in mid-May, he showed off pictures of Baby Elliott, then 9 months old, at prom the night before, wearing a tiny floral boutonniere Walton had made in an agriculture class.
Some have gradient hues or stripes and can be bigger than your hand or as dainty as boutonnieres.
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