Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small hook for fastening a button on shoes or gloves.
- noun Football A pass pattern in which the receiver runs straight downfield and then turns abruptly back toward the line of scrimmage to catch the ball.
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- noun sewing A
hook used to pullthread through the holes of abutton - noun American football A
play in which thereceiver runs straightdownfield , then turns back toward theline of scrimmage
Etymologies
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Examples
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My sister's cousin did pass along that she met some of Cassie's relations who came by to pick up the nickel, buttonhook and Lucky Strikes.
Cassie Fly Larry Strattner 2011
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As they reached the end of the line, they slowly filed past one or more PHS officers who, at a glance, surveyed them for a variety of serious and minor diseases and conditions, finally turning back their eyelids with their fingers or a buttonhook to check for trachoma.
Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free: Ellis Island | Edwardian Promenade 2009
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“There is that,” Sophie agreed, doing up the back of the dress with a clever little buttonhook.
Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010
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He had always been intrigued by all types of locks and fasteners and hardware, practicing at home by opening the drawers, closets, and pantries of his house at will, using a small buttonhook.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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He had always been intrigued by all types of locks and fasteners and hardware, practicing at home by opening the drawers, closets, and pantries of his house at will, using a small buttonhook.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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And it's going to make a big right hand turn, a big buttonhook, if you used to play sideline or flag football, and that is not going to affect anyone.
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His eyes reconcentrated themselves quickly on the buttonhook, and as if in apology James hurried on:
In Chancery 2004
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It was born as the most nimble, agile, fastest turning and burning aircraft ever made, the ultimate fighter airplane, famous for the buttonhook turn.
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When it became clear he needed to brace one hand around her ankle in order to wield the buttonhook, he did so doggedly.
The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997
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He started working again, the buttonhook moving steadily up the front of her shin while his other hand cradled the calf of her leg.
The Lightkeeper Wiggs, Susan 1997
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