a small hole usually round and buttonholed and designed to receive a cord, lace, pin, or button shank, or used only for decoration, called eyelet
刺繍の穴かがり - EDR日英対訳辞書
She held me by the sleeve―(西洋ふうに言えば)―held me by the button―buttonholed me.
彼女は袖を引いて放さなかった - 斎藤和英大辞典
She buttonholed him as he was limping out quickly with a glass of lemonade for a young lady and asked him was it true.
彼女は若い女性のためにレモネードを持って足を引きずり急ぐ彼を引き止め、それは本当かと彼に尋ねた。 - James Joyce『母親』
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