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rivet counters

rivet counters is the plural of rivet counter.

Meaning of rivet counter

Noun

rivet counter (plural rivet counters)

  1. (idiomatic) 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

Questions about rivet counters

What is rivet counters the plural of?
Rivet counters is the plural of rivet counter.

Words near rivet counters in the dictionary

  1. Rivesaltes
  2. rivest
  3. Rivests
  4. rivet
  5. rivet counter
  6. rivet counters
  7. rivet gun
  8. rivet guns
  9. rivet hearth
  10. rivet hearths
  11. rivet knob

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