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[Facts] Re: Button
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Andy ;—)
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11/21/2004, 11:03 PM
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"With a big butt"? - "Maker of buttons"? Oxford* says: the latter. "Metonymic for Butner".
Andy ;—)
P.H.Reaney, A Dictionary of Surnames, Oxford 1997
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Jenni
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11/21/2004, 2:21 PM
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Anneza
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11/22/2004, 12:00 AM
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Andy ;—)
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11/24/2004, 12:07 AM