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The unsung knot of fabric keeping your whole shirt's dignity from unraveling first.
means The topmost button on a shirt or garment, usually nearest the collar, which fastens the opening at its highest point.
from A plain English compound joining "button" and "top." "Button" came into Middle English from Old French "boton," meaning a knob or bud, which traces back to the verb "bouter," to push or thrust — a button being the little knob you push through a hole. "Top" is solidly Germanic, from Old English "topp," the highest point or crest. Put them together and you get exactly what the words say: the button at the top.
- first to fail
- Statistically the button most likely to pop
- collar duty
- Anchors the formality of any dress shirt
- open or shut
- Undoing it signals end of the workday
- button gap
- Spacing here defines a garment's tailored fit
alkaline battery button top — standard cylindrical battery format with positive terminal protruding, used in hearing aids, watches, and cameras since the 1960s