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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of rebutton.

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Examples

  • She noticed her blouse was open and frantically rebuttoned it.

    One Pink Rose Julie Garwood 2010

  • She noticed her blouse was open and frantically rebuttoned it.

    The Clayborne Brides Julie Garwood 2010

  •  He rebuttoned his shirt and tucked it into his pants then pulled out his wallet and tucked something under the napkin dispenser on the kitchen table, shrugged on his coat.

    Hundred Dollar Hit 2010

  • “Perhaps he is no longer in the coach,” he thought, as he rebuttoned the waistcoat of his undress uniform.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Their piles of dirt were done, their overcoats rebuttoned, their faces not even perspiring.

    - Boing Boing 2005

  • When I thought I'd done it long enough, I let go and rebuttoned Eric's shirt with unsteady hands, thinking this little incident was over and I could hide somewhere until my heart stopped pounding.

    All Together Dead Harris, Charlaine 2007

  • At least ... she had thought they shared it; looking at Jonathan now-his shut rebuttoned, his hair smoothed back to some semblance of order, his expression grim-it was hard to imagine he had been involved in anything more than drinking a cup of coffee in the last ten minutes!

    The Secret Virgin Mortimer, Carole 2002

  • Steffi laughed without humor as she closed her blouse and rebuttoned it.

    The Alibi Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1999

  • Once there, he squeezed into a horse stall and got his pants rebuttoned properly.

    Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997

  • Once there, he squeezed into a horse stall and got his pants rebuttoned properly.

    Comanche Moon Larry McMurtry 1997

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