What is "buttonholed"

Usage examples of "buttonholed".

He didn't want to be buttonholed by his ex-wife Helen, who was sitting in the row behind.

Charlie buttonholed the bloke clearing the empties and ordered half a pint of the black stuff.

Ignatius bean,” Miss Howard answered, as if the first mug what you might’ve buttonholed on the sidewalk outside the terrace would’ve known what she meant.

Maxon to the mahogany doors, where they were immediately buttonholed by Mr.

He buttonholed Thorn as the condemned man was being led into the death chamber, and asked him what he thought about Mrs.

On the way in he'd been buttonholed by Janice Rand, who'd had too much to drink under the circumstances and wanted to talk about old times, the good old days before Vulcans started dying to save their ships.

Admiral Cartwright had buttonholed Kirk, dragging him off to make brilliant repartee with some civilian VIP's and, less than two hours from departure, Kirk hadn't a clue who Lord Harbinger was, much less how he was supposed to pass this sodden buffoon off to the Romulans as one of Earth's finest.

It was a tobacconist's, and busy, so I buttonholed one of the customers, an elderly man with watery eyes and a cloth cap.

Zhang buttonholed Tan Deshi for several min­utes before heading back to his.