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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels, matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers.

   "There is a new and happy breed, the Phillumenists, better known as Match-box Label collectors."

Example

More examples

"There is a new and happy breed, the Phillumenists, better known as Match-box Label collectors."

Etymology

From phil- (“love of”) + Latin lumen (“light”) + -ist.

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