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Definition of Rebuttoned
1. rebutton [v] - See also: rebutton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebuttoned
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Literary usage of Rebuttoned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Their coats were carefully rebuttoned. Then the Turkish Ambassador withdrew.
That night he telegraphed to Constantinople in cypher. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Mr. Hamlin rebuttoned his waistcoat, and sat down patiently on the bed. Peg arose,
and awkwardly drew the portmanteau a little nearer to him. ..."
3. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1907)
"And Cass, to avoid this direful possibility, rebuttoned his coat again over the
handkerchief and a peculiarly pleasing sensation. ..."
4. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1907)
"Mr. Hamlin rebuttoned his waistcoat, and sat down patiently on the bed. Peg rose,
and awkwardly drew the portmanteau a little bit nearer to him. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"The hat was soon recovered and the coat rebuttoned, but my poor friend had in
that brief space of time received a death grip which in three days ..."
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