buttoner

English

Etymology

From button +‎ -er.

Noun

buttoner (plural buttoners)

1. One who buttons something.
2. Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment.
3. A manufacturer of buttons.
4. (slang, dated) A con man's apprentice.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• rebutton