press button

English

Noun

press button (plural press buttons)

1. Synonym of push-button
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A Presbyterian;

   Alternative form: Pressie

   • 1952, Colin MacInnes, June in Her Spring (1952)

     The mayor will be here any minute his bloody self, and we’ll pass round the hat for the reverend so as to fix his Pressie kirk up.

Further Reading

• "Press button n.", Green’s Dictionary of Slang (2024)