poverty button

noun

A button or switch cutout covered with a plastic blanking plate, usually as a cost cutting measure in lower trim levels of an automobile.

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Meanings

nounpoverty button (plural poverty buttons)

plural poverty buttons

  1. slangautomotiveA button or switch cutout covered with a plastic blanking plate, usually as a cost cutting measure in lower trim levels of an automobile.

Origin

From poverty + button.

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APA

poverty button. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poverty%20button

MLA

“poverty button.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poverty%20button. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poverty button,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poverty%20button.

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