Noun : campaign buttons.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : She quickly buttoned her coat. ,He buttoned the top button of his shirt.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : This coat buttons, but that one zips.    From Dictionary.com. 

They do exhibit a certain buttoned-down wit, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Everyman] Reference

Blouses are designed to look as though they were buttoned from the top, but no button exists near the collar bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine] Reference

Shirts ran the gamut from an easy Nehru collar, or wide, stiff Eton-collar shirts that give new meaning to the phrase buttoned-up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Milan Men's Fashion Week: S&M, Silk Suits & McQueen (PHOTOS)] Reference

I "buttoned" the circles onto the eyes, then used a few stitches to tack them down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-03-20] Reference

Dantonio has the kind of buttoned-down personality that would fit well at Notre Dame.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"But we wanted it to be an antidote to the kind of buttoned-down awards ceremonies that can quickly turn into banquet-room snooze fests.".    From Wordnik.com.  [dispatch.com: RSS] Reference

Men in business suits buttoned their vest and jackets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impossible Man - Ep.8: Sale of the Century] Reference

On the surface, the new buttoned-down style is clearly in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton Goes Corporate] Reference

But in his own buttoned-down way Wilson is no less anxious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Riding The Wave] Reference

Mason buttoned the top button of his shirt and looked out the window.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Search of a Meaningful Moment] Reference

Normally his buttoned-up doctor's coat revealed only a tanned jawline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Polo] Reference

The car had the typical, buttoned-down BMW feel, yet the ride was supple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behind the wheel: 2011 BMW 5 Series] Reference

He fixed his black tie and buttoned his jacket as he talked to the Sentinel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arcana Magi - c.22: Moving Forward] Reference

In buttoned-down Japan, even an ordinary layoff can be a humiliating experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan: Death In Second Grade] Reference

    He dressed in jeans and put on a pearl-snap, but only buttoned it half way.    From Wordnik.com.  [He Was From Minnesota] Reference

  Borden buttoned his pants and, reaching out, ran one finger down the cool porcelain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borden, Dream on Lord of the Pies.] Reference

An unusually buttoned-down Ciaran Hinds is the fastidious cleanup man, riddled with doubts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heaviness For The Holidays] Reference

Finally, Mom comes running out again, only this time she's all buttoned up in her good coat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Midnight Mass] Reference

  I buttoned the papers in on top of my heart, a heart already bearing more than it could bear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rescue 1973] Reference

In its exuberance it stands in lively counterpoint to the surrounding buttoned-down skyscrapers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mega Museum, Riv. Vu] Reference

Speaking to a group of sheriffs last week, Corker was buttoned up in a charcoal pin-striped suit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A GOP Balancing Act] Reference

Many people in normally buttoned-up downtown Washington were dressed more appropriately for a resort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Record heat scorches tourists and may be responsible for cyclist's death] Reference

The director has buttoned the lips of everyone connected with the film (now set to open next summer).    From Wordnik.com.  [Scorched-Earth Strategy] Reference

Yet even buttoned up in their airtight, steel-plated rolling fortresses, tankers have reason to be afraid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fear At The Front] Reference

Or is this top-level Lucerne, complete with Magnetic Ride Control, more buttoned down and attached to the road?.    From Wordnik.com.  [From the logbook: Buick Lucerne] Reference

He also wore a blue flannel shirt, buttoned straight to the top, that looked stifling for the time of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Arab Bank] Reference

  Bart buttoned his shirt even though it was warm, as if to wrap up his boy-toy muscles for a more appropriate occasion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seasonal Discord] Reference

For a Southern, buttoned-down banker like Lewis, growing a beard in Aspen is the equivalent of a full-on existential crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Ken Lewis Gave Up] Reference

I buttoned it up and placed the metals the correct distance from the inseam and buttons, dusted my slacks and polished my boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy and the Rest of His Life] Reference

Wearing a button-up shirt buttoned all the way up, he gave some tourists a bashful smile over the martini shaker as he emptied it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dog Horse Man] Reference

And as the buttoned-down publisher learns Internet geekspeak, it is also finally forcing its mini-fiefdoms to speak to each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bertelsmann's Online Onslaught] Reference

She said something about gravity and time, then left the room, and when she came back she'd buttoned her shirt nearly up to her neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [BOYS who DO the BOP] Reference

His twisty smile, debonair charm and twinge of self-effacement bring a much-needed jauntiness to an otherwise buttoned-down production.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life Of The Party] Reference