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Phillumenist
Phillumenist
See also: phillumenist
German
Noun
Phillumenist m (genitive Phillumenisten, plural Phillumenisten, feminine Phillumenistin)
Declension
Declension of Phillumenist
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Phillumenist | die | Phillumenisten |
| genitive | eines | des | Phillumenisten | der | Phillumenisten |
| dative | einem | dem | Phillumenisten | den | Phillumenisten |
| accusative | einen | den | Phillumenisten | die | Phillumenisten |
Related terms
phillumenist
phillumenist
See also: Phillumenist
English
Noun
phillumenist (plural phillumenists)
- A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels, matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers.
- 1948 May, Cruse, A. J., “I am a Phillumenist: Match-Box Labels as a Hobby”, in Chambers's Journal, page 238:
- There is a new and happy breed, the Phillumenists, better known as Match-box Label collectors.
- 1984, Hughes, Stephen, Pop Culture Mania: Collecting 20th-Century Americana for Fun and Profit, New York: McGraw-Hill, ISBN 9780070311145, OL 9249899M, page 207:
- 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.
- 2012 January 23, Jonny Coyne as Edwin James, “Kit Nelson”, in Alcatraz, season 1, episode 3, written by Jennifer Johnson, 30:10 from the start:
- 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.
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Translations
collector
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