Phillumenist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɪˈluːmənɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phillumenist is a noun meaning A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels, matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers.
Meaning
A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels, matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers.
Example Sentences
There is a new and happy breed, the Phillumenists, better known as Match-box Label collectors.
To be a real phillumenist, however, requires that one take his assorted books and "shuck" them, "press" them, and then categorize them according to subject, era, size, and maker.
This matchbox is a Swedish safety match from the Jönköping match factory. It's manufactured in 1858, just in time for the American Civil War. I like it very much. I guess that makes me something of a phillumenist.
Word Forms
- phillumenists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include philobiblist, philobiblian, panphiliac, microphile, philodoxer, notaphilist.
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