rivet counter
rivet counter noun: a person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially in military and technology history. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.
Noun
rivet counter (plural rivet counters)
- A person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially in military and technology history. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.
- For the rivet-counters, there were 10,036 Lightnings produced, including 113 built by Consolidated-Vultee...1979, A.H.S., “P-38 Lightning at war: book review”, in The AOPA Pilot: Voice of General Aviation, page 99
- Peter Hodges' survey will certainly be of interest to naval rivet-counters and ship-modellers but, unfortunately, probably to few others.1979, Geoffrey Till, “Destroyer Weapons of World War II: book review”, in The Mariner's Mirror, page 377
Forms of rivet counter
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Questions about rivet counter
- What does rivet counter mean?
- Rivet counter means a person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially in military and technology history. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.
- What part of speech is rivet counter?
- Rivet counter is a noun.
- What is the plural of rivet counter?
- The plural of rivet counter is rivet counters.
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