BACHELOR'S BUTTONS

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Literature	Bachelor's Buttons Several flowers are so called. Red Bachelor's Buttons, the double red campion; yellow Bachelor's Buttons, the "upright crowfoot"; white Bachelor's Buttons, the white ranunculus and white campion. "The similitude these flowers have to the jagged cloath buttons anciently worne ... gave occasion ... to call them Bachelour's Buttons." - Gerard: Herbal. Or else from a custom still sometimes observed by rustics of carrying the flower in their pockets to know how they stand with their sweethearts. If the flower dies, it is a bad omen; but if it does not fade, they may hope for the best. To wear bachelor's buttons. To remain a bachelor. (See above.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-a-b-b-c-e-h-l-n-o-o-r-s-s-t-t-u"
	-4 letters: counterblasts.
	-5 letters: buttonholers, counterblast, countershots, sternocostal.
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