Meanings
nounbuttonologist (plural buttonologists)
plural buttonologists
- rareA 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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