noun. A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.

noun. Plural form of button.

noun. A boy servant, or page.

noun. A policeman.

verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of button.

"All our indignation to the contrary, we prefer the complicated and difficult: we enjoy our buttons; we are withheld only by our queer sex-pride from wearing garments that button up in the back -- indeed, on what we frankly call our 'best clothes,' we _have the buttons_ though we _dare not button_ with them."

gluttons  

attendant  page  servant  

button