hold by the button

Meaning: (archaic,idiomatic,transitive)To detain inconversationto the point of weariness or tedium; toborewhile tallking toSynonym:buttonhole1798, A Clergyman of the County of Kent,Crude Thoughts:When a slanderer addresses himself to any one, let him only withhold his attention, while he argues thus with himself: --- Why does this manhold me by the button, and seem so desirous of calling my attention to another's failings?

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