|
|
Definition of Buttoned-down
1. Adjective. Unimaginatively conventional. "A colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"
Definition of Buttoned-down
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) (alternative form of button-down) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Buttoned-down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced by John Bartlett (1906)
"Old Grimes is dead, that good old man We never shall see more ; He used to wear
a long black coat All buttoned down before.1 old Crime* LYDIA MARIA CHILD. ..."
2. Peterson's Magazine (1876)
"Dark-gray diagonal cloth, to be trimmed with light-gray silk or twilled woolen
serge. The under-bodice is high to the throat, and buttoned down the front ..."
3. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (1885)
"A lady's riding-habit, buttoned down the front. See vol. i., fig. 295. ...
A jacket, jump, or loose coat, reaching to the thighs, buttoned down before, ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1902)
"This ample outer gown covers a short tunic, buttoned down the i JOHN SWIFT, ...
The tunic gave place to a short tight-sleeved doublet, buttoned down the ..."
5. The Book of Costume: Or, Annals of Fashion: From the Earliest Period to the by Mary Margaret (Stanley) Egerton Wilton, Lady of rank (1846)
"The under waistcoat, buttoned down the front, is of satin or velvet, the surcoat
of dark velvet, embroidered with pearls, in rich and varied patterns, ..."
Other Resources:
