boutonniere
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He finished his wedding-day look with a brooch, ruling out a boutonniere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
We turned that over and over during the drive that followed until I burst out laughing — the crazed kind that might result from being sprayed in the face by the Joker's trick boutonniere.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
Sitting in his parents’ backyard in mid-May, he showed off pictures of Baby Elliott, then 9 months old, at prom the night before, wearing a tiny floral boutonniere Walton had made in an agriculture class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
“Will-o’-the-Wisp,” an off-balance provocation from the Portuguese titillater João Pedro Rodrigues, is a prank in fancy dress, a plastic boutonniere that squirts battery acid.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
He gives me a bone-white corsage for my wrist, and Mom helps me pin a boutonniere to the lapel of his tux.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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