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[ adjective ] unimaginatively conventional
Synonyms Examples "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)The Ivy_League enjoys no easy dominion here , and the boys are as likely to dress in rather foppish Continental fashion , or even in nondescript working_class manner , as they are in the restrained , button-down Ivy way . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons
Examples "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts" Related terms |
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