rivet counter

noun

Definitions

  1. A person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially…

    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...
    • Peter Hodges' survey will certainly be of interest to naval rivet-counters and ship-modellers but, unfortunately, probably to few others.

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