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- adjective Alternative spelling of
button-down .
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Examples
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I could see her in something like this: she was a schoolteacher in the early 1950s and then went back when her children were older, and she LIVES in mens buttondown shirts with a scarf or necklace.
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Joe Biden, in a blue jacket over a striped blue buttondown shirt and navy slacks, ordered a 14-ounce sirloin steak cooked medium well ($30).
Joe, Jill Biden Celebrate Late Valentine's Day In Brooklyn 2010
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Joe Biden, in a blue jacket over a striped blue buttondown shirt and navy slacks, ordered a 14-ounce sirloin steak cooked medium well ($30).
Joe, Jill Biden Celebrate Late Valentine's Day In Brooklyn 2010
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I could see her in something like this: she was a schoolteacher in the early 1950s and then went back when her children were older, and she LIVES in mens buttondown shirts with a scarf or necklace.
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Our solution is the patent-pending Pivot Sleeve, a completely reconstructed buttondown that retains the traditional look and feel of a dress shirt while working equally well both on and off the a bicycle.
Having It All: Long Time, Tall Order BikeSnobNYC 2009
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The basic challenge was straightforward, when you lean forward on a bike a buttondown shirt stresses.
Having It All: Long Time, Tall Order BikeSnobNYC 2009
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He was laid back in the chair with a 'country club' crisp openattheneck, buttondown shirt, and had his left ankle resting on his knee.
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As she leans forward, her buttondown shirt sags and I notice the all-familiar “X” penciled across her left breast.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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As she leans forward, her buttondown shirt sags and I notice the all-familiar “X” penciled across her left breast.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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I have yet to sew a buttondown shirt or blouse (I sew mostly knits) but all the advice I've read is to *not* use button placement guide on the pattern, especially if you have done a full bust alteration (FBA).
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