Thanks everyone for the suggestions.  I'll probably follow up on these
leads on Monday and let you know I made out.

William Bross wrote:
> If you have enough room to spread out the batteries, you could try
> Keystone's 3011 lithium battery holder.  It appears to be about 6 mm
> from the pcb to the inside top of the holder. It's also made for a 23mm
> diameter battery.  You could stuff some hard non-conductive foam on
> either side to keep your smaller diameter battery centered and to keep
> it from shorting out.

M. Adam Davis wrote:
> When I got the PICStart plus it was part of a mechatronics kit, which
> had a demonstrator with two cells about that size.  They used metal
> clips like those on the following page:
>
http://www.wanban.com/ebusiness/en/product_list.asp?catalogid=18&type_id=1
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> With the clip being one contact, and a pad on the PCB as the other
> contact.

Bob Blick wrote:
> I've used a holder for an "N" cell to hold three button cells before. It
> works pretty well and is cheap as dirt. Look at Mouser stock numbers
> 12BH510 and 12BH511 for Eagle brand plastic N cell holders.

William Chops Westfield wrote:
> These are "about" the same diameter as an N cell, so you might be able
> to do something with the single-contact "ends" aimed at N cells...

jim barchuk wrote:
> The ones mentioned at wanban.com are probably about what you need,


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