Meaning of rivet counter | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level