buttonhook

English

Etymology

button +‎ hook

Noun

buttonhook (plural buttonhooks)

(sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
- 1988, January 15, “Ted Cox”, in The Sports Section‎:
  Yet the Bears never set up the deep patterns with a turn-in or a buttonhook […]

Translations

A hook used to pull thread through a button's holes

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