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Billy buttons

noun

Any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand.

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... or kick a snapping terrier. His sole object in life is to keep himself and his rider out of danger, and to betake himself to that part of the ring in which the least labor should be expected of him. The tiny girls who ride him call him "dear old Billy Buttons," or "darling Gypsy," or "nice Sir Archer." Heaven knows what he calls them in his heart! Were he human, it would be something to be expressed by dashes and "d's"; but, being a horse, he is silent, and shows his feelings principally by heading for ...

— In the Riding-School; Chats With Esmeralda • Theo. Stephenson Browne

Words linked to "Billy buttons" : flower, genus Craspedia, Craspedia