thistle button

noun

A decorative button with the motif of a thistle.

Meanings

nounthistle button (plural thistle buttons)

plural thistle buttons

  1. A decorative button with the motif of a thistle.

    “It's almost as bad as swallowing thistle buttons.”

    1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 118
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