"collar button" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: collar buttons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} collar button (plural collar buttons)
  1. A button for fastening a collar. Synonyms: collar-button, collarbutton Derived forms: collar-button abscess Translations (button for fastening a collar): kauluksennappi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-collar_button-en-noun-t~g1vvBY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "[192-?], Zim [Eugene Zimmerman], In Dairyland: And Foolish History of Horseheads, N.Y., →OCLC, page 77",
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