knag, knaggy, wastefulness, unbuttoned

Mr Mantalini groaned slightly, and buttoned his trousers pocket.
'I am obliged,' continued Madame Mantalini, 'since our late misfortunes, to pay Miss Knag a great deal of money for having her name in the business, and I really cannot afford to encourage him in all his wastefulness. As I have no doubt that he came straight here, Mr Nickleby, to convert the papers I have spoken of, into money, and as you have assisted us very often before, and are very much connected with us in this kind of matters, I wish you to know the determination at which his conduct has compelled me to arrive.'

unbuttoned
(ŭn-bŭt'nd)
adj.

1. Not buttoned.
2. Free and unrestrained in expression: unbuttoned humor. 
3.  unbuttoned moods 不拘形跡 之心境
   

unbutton

  音節

ùn • bútton

unbuttonの変化形

unbuttoned (過去形) • unbuttoned (過去分詞) • unbuttoning (現在分詞) • unbuttons (三人称単数現在)

[動](他)

1 〈ボタンを〉はずす；〈人・衣服の〉ボタンをはずす.

2 ((略式))〈心（の中）を〉打ち明ける

unbutton one's lips
心中を打ち明ける.

━━(自)ボタンをはずす.

knag

[名]（木の）節；（木製の）ペグ.

knag・y

[形]


knaggy (NAG-ee)

adjective: Knotty; rough; rugged.

Etymology
From Middle English knag (knot). Earliest documented use: 1552.

Usage
"Despite all odds, quarry boys do not spare a minute to chase flies or gaze at knaggy taxi drivers." — Living on Stones; Cameroon Tribune (Yaound?); Oct 17, 2005.