noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An aficionado of industrial music. slang

   "[…] self-described rivethead Ebony Joseph […]"

2. 2
   An automotive assembly line worker. dated

Example

More examples

"[…] self-described rivethead Ebony Joseph […]"

Etymology

From rivet + -head, from the use of rivets in industrial manufacture.

Related phrases

industrial music

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