rivet counter

rivet counter
 n.โ€” ยซNorth End Train Center has some intense customers who Colley likes to call “rivet counters.” These are collectors who wonโ€™t buy an item unless it is absolutely correct and to perfect scale.ยป โ€”โ€œSmall Business Scene: Miniature railroad store caters to one-track minds” Seattle Post Intelligencer (Washington) Dec. 11, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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