buttonologist
nounEtymology From button + -ologist.
1
Rare A person who studies buttons.
- Some, especially those made for designer suiting or coats, can be very pricey from the manufacturers' point of view. A buttonologist and a crafter might view the same buttons quite differently.2009, Sandra Jackson, The Scrivener's Button Cabinet: A Twentieth Century Clothing Button Collection:
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