tomatophile

plural tomatophiles · alternative tomato-phile

1. One who loves tomatoes.

   Tomatophiles and cucumberites, arise! You have nothing to lose and $5 to gain.

   1975 July 29, Pat Gaston, “Journal announces 5th annual tomato-cucumber sweepstakes”, in The Salina Journal, 104th year, number 210, Salina, Kan., page 8

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   The supply seems inexhaustible, and even the most ardent tomatophile, if I may coin a word, comes to look upon the rosy sphere with a jaundiced eye.

   1958 August 6, “Vegetable timetable revised”, in The Gordon Journal, sixty-eighth year, number 32, Gordon, Neb.

   Good news for tomatophiles. “Tastebud flavor” is what Stokes promises from its new hybrid staking tomato “Ultra Sweet,” with the perfect combination of sugar and acids to tickle the most discriminating palate.

   1988, Harrowsmith