buttoncleaning
nounUK /ˈbʌtənˌkliːnɪŋ/
US /ˈbʌtənˌkliːnɪŋ/
Buttoncleaning is the job of making buttons clean and shiny.
She spent the afternoon buttoncleaning the old brass buttons on her coat.
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2. The process of removing dirt and tarnish from decorative buttons before reuse.
The museum's buttoncleaning took hours because each button was hand-polished.
3. A small business or service that specializes in cleaning buttons for tailors and costume makers.
He opened a buttoncleaning shop near the theater district.
4. In computing, the routine maintenance of on-screen button elements to keep them free of glitches or stale states.
The developer scheduled regular buttoncleaning to fix the interface's stuck buttons.