unbutton

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Unbutton your button-downs, you Ph.D.s who want jobs, and try some manual labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unbutton, un-but′n, v.t. to loose the buttons of.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

"Unbutton your coat, sir, and throw what you have stolen on to this pile, where the rest of your thievish comrades have placed what they stole!"

From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Tomlinson, Everett T. (Everett Titsworth)

Left alone with the man, the detectives laughed and Harry said: "Unbutton your coat and vest."

From The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler or, Working for the Custom House by Doughty, Francis Worcester

Unbutton your coat and waistcoat and hand 'em to me at once.

From The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)