"button basher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: button bashers [plural], button-basher [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} button basher (plural button bashers)
  1. Synonym of button masher. Synonyms: button masher [synonym, synonym-of]
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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