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Collector's Item

Definition: Collector's Item

Collector's Item

Noun

1. The outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Collector's Item

Synonyms: piece de resistance (n), showpiece (n). (additional references)

Modern Usage: Collector's Item

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Collector's Item (1969)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Collector's Item

Domain	Title
Books	A Dash Through Leaves: Haiku - In a Letterpress Edition on Deluxe Papers - Collector's Item (reference) Fishing with Tall Women: Letterpress Limited Edition Collector's Item on Archival Papers (reference) To Encourage the Dawn: Letterpress Limited Edition Collector's Item on Archival Papers (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Collector's Item (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Legendary Lee Wiley: Collector's Item 1931-55 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: Collector's Item

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-c-c-e-e-i-l-l-m-o-o-r-s-t-t"
	-5 letters: collectors, recollects, tremolites.
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Alternative Orthography: Collector's Item

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6F 6C 6C 65 63 74 6F 72 27 73 49 74 65 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101111 01101100 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 00100111 01110011 00100000 01001001 01110100 01100101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#111 &#108 &#108 &#101 &#99 &#116 &#111 &#114 &#39 &#115 &#32 &#73 &#116 &#101 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006F 006C 006C 0065 0063 0074 006F 0072 0027 0073 0049 0074 0065 006D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

378178787169868184985243867179

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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