From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48: Buttons \But"tons\, n. A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Buttons \But"tons\, n. A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]