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A verbal fortress one builds around onesself consisting of the word "but" to forgo or avoid doing something or going somewhere.
Dan would have gone waterskiing with us, but he whipped his usual buttress of excuses at us.
Mary's concocted a very shrewd buttress to get her out of her blind date with Dan.
Mary's concocted a very shrewd buttress to get her out of her blind date with Dan.
by MikeC16958 March 13, 2008
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