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English to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Literary | | English term or phrase: protest button | | He sat amid piles of old newspapers, protest buttons, pamphlets he intended to distribute. |
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| | small badge bearing a slogan, usually political | Explanation:
Not a "Button" in the sense of something fitting in a buttonhole to hold a garment together, though it may be made to fit in a lapel buttonhole. But most of them now are in the form of small pin-on badges usually worn on the chest. I have one saying "Nej til EU" (No to the EU) which I bought in Norway. You can't buy buttons protesting against the EU in the UK, probably because of some EU regulation! |
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Jack Doughty
Local time: 20:48
| Grading comment Thank you very much Mr. Jack for your kind help.
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15 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 campaign/demonstration badge
Explanation:
button in this context means 'badge' like a lapel badge or pin-on badge, so this person has lots of badges from demonstrations or campaigns - causes he supports or believes in.
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"a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, identifying figure, etc., for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.: campaign buttons".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/button
| Catharine Cellier-Smart
Local time: 23:48
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22 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 small badge bearing a slogan, usually political
Explanation:
Not a "Button" in the sense of something fitting in a buttonhole to hold a garment together, though it may be made to fit in a lapel buttonhole. But most of them now are in the form of small pin-on badges usually worn on the chest. I have one saying "Nej til EU" (No to the EU) which I bought in Norway. You can't buy buttons protesting against the EU in the UK, probably because of some EU regulation!
| Jack Doughty
Local time: 20:48
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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| | Grading comment | Thank you very much Mr. Jack for your kind help. |
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