bachelor's button

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(Lychnis sylvestris.) The common name of a flower, supposed by country people to have some magical effect upon the fortunes of love. It seems to have grown into a phrase for being unmarried, "to wear bachelor's buttons," in which, probably, a quibble was intended.--Nare's Glossary.

He wears Bachelor's Buttons, does he not?--Heywood, Fair Maid.

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