beetle-sticker
Dated British slang for an entomologist — specifically someone who collects and pins insects, which was a common gentlemanly hobby in the Victorian era.
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Dated British slang for an entomologist — specifically someone who collects and pins insects, which was a common gentlemanly hobby in the Victorian era. The phrase is affectionately mocking, treating the scientific pursuit as fussy or eccentric. It has a Victorian amateur naturalist flavour.
His uncle was a renowned beetle-sticker whose collection filled an entire room.
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(slang, dated) An entomologist.
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