Crossword clues for buttonhook
buttonhook
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context sewing English) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button 2 (context American football English) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage
WordNet
n. a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
Wikipedia
A buttonhook is a tool used to facilitate the closing of shoes, gloves or other apparel that uses buttons as fasteners.
It consists of a hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative as part of a dresser set or chatelaine. Sometimes they were given away as promotions with product advertising on the handle.
To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.
Usage examples of "buttonhook".
The buttonhook was at fault, or the enema tip, or the other instruments of torture.
Then I loaded the mare, whose name, her ex-owner said, was Buttonhook, into the trailer and turned my face south again to Berkshire.
I turned the Land Rover into the lane to the cottage, and bumped Buttonhook to a standstill on the rough ground behind the bushes beyond the building.
She made the omelette for me and I told her about Buttonhook, and the difficult moment passed.
I had finished Buttonhook, and Joanna was stepping back admiring the sparkle of the glass, I fetched the paint and began the tedious job of covering the patchwork of old decayed black paint and pale new putty with a bright green skin.
I walked round to the window I found him fending off Buttonhook, who was putting her muzzle affectionately over his shoulder.
The door swung inward, and Buttonhook, lifting her head, greeted me with a soft whinny.
He fell heavily on top of me and we rolled toward Buttonhook, with me trying to pin him down on the floor and he fighting like a tiger to get free.
I imagined it would not get any worse from then on, as Buttonhook was no longer in the room with him.
Slipping off Buttonhook I opened the gate, led her through and turned her loose.
Feeling like Cinderella, Kady slipped her feet into ankle-high, cream-colored kidskin shoes that fit exactly, then used the buttonhook to fasten the little pearl buttons up the front.
Dorsett household the buttonhook had uses unrelated to the buttoning of shoes.
Just as Sybil had said nothing about the buttonhook and the beads, she said nothing about the wheat.
The wheat bin and the buttonhook were the undeniable evidence in the chain of his recollections.
She raised the buttonhook to her mouth and bit down firmly on the notched end.