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Word: buttondown (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Maybe some people wish it were dead," he said. He pointed out the skeptics in the crowd, sitting like silent gods on the periphery--and cupping their hands to whisper clever comments to camel-haired coats from Radcliffe and B.U. "Filter-tip cigarettes and buttondown brains," said the Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll. "They come as a form of social entertainment...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: We Shall Survive | 11/19/1957 | See Source »

Outfitted in blue jeans, brown canvas shoes-and sometimes a white buttondown shirt with the collar left unbuttoned-the Squire of Libertyville puttered around his twelve-room house and 71-acre farm last week, getting ready for the campaign's call to alarms. Adlai Ewing Stevenson, as the Democratic presidential nominee, had work to do, but his chores as a top news figure were ordained by a flock of newshawks. He was photographed clipping rosebushes, climbing fences, chasing sheep, petting dogs, pulling corn, bringing in the mail, hauling groceries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: All Aboard | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

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