Maybe something like:

use strict;
use warnings;

use Tk;

my $MW = tkinit;

my $show_button_text = 'txt';
my $show_button = $MW->Button(
    -textvariable => \$show_button_text,
    -command      => sub { print "$show_button_text \n"; },
    )->pack(qw(-side top  -fill x));

my %add_buttons;
for my $add_text (qw(a bb xyz)) {
    $add_buttons{$add_text} = $MW->Button(
        -text    => $add_text,
        -command => sub { $show_button_text .= " $add_text"; },
        )->pack(qw(-side left  -expand 1));
    }

MainLoop;
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Instead of printing, clicking $show_button might do the copy to the other widget. Tested under Strawberry Perl 5.8.9.5 (32-bit). (Update: Also works under Strawberry 5.30.3.1 64-bit.)