buttonmaking

English

Etymology

button +‎ making

Noun

buttonmaking (uncountable)

  1. The manufacture of buttons.
    • 2010, David Hilliam, Little Book of Dorset
      Catastrophically for Dorset buttony, Ashton's buttonmaking machine was invented in 1850 and proudly exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. As a consequence of this invention, the Dorset cottage industry collapsed virtually overnight […]

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