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1 as in switch, key

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2 as in color, badge

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button

verb

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as in do up, belay

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The first known use of button was in the 14th century

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buttocks

button

button-down

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“Button.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.

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