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boutonniere

noun as in bouquet

noun as in posy

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Example Sentences

While he adjusted his boutonnière, he gazed at his smiling image and twisted his neck to look for wrinkles in his coat.

The following is an explanation of the various tricks, beginning with that which involves the boutonnière of the magician himself.

Sylvie's boutonnière might keep him company outwardly, but those no eye must feast upon.

For boutonnière he wore a smouldering ember—so true an imitation that at first he himself had hesitated to touch it.

In a few seconds she re-enters with his boutonnière in her hand.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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