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button day

button day noun: a day on which money is raised for a group or cause by selling buttons for people to wear.

Noun

button day (plural button days)

  1. (Australia) A day on which money is raised for a group or cause by selling buttons for people to wear.
    • A certain day each month is observed as button day. Buttons are supplied to the local unions by the district office, and there is a new button with a distinguishing mark or color for every month in the year.1925, Report of the United States Coal Commission, page 104
    • In late November 1917, the editor of the Melbourne Argus was urged to spread the word about a possible 'button day' specifically aimed at prisoner-of-war relief: 'As an ardent supporter of the Button Fund collections I should like to urge the organisers . . . to arrange for a Prisoners' Day and...2018, Kate Ariotti, Captive Anzacs, page 101

Forms of button day

pluralbutton days

Questions about button day

What does button day mean?
Button day means a day on which money is raised for a group or cause by selling buttons for people to wear.
What part of speech is button day?
Button day is a noun.
What is the plural of button day?
The plural of button day is button days.

Words near button day in the dictionary

  1. button bashers
  2. button cacti
  3. button cactus
  4. button cell
  5. button cells
  6. button day
  7. button days
  8. button ear
  9. button ears
  10. button fish
  11. button fishes

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