Etymology: as if < Greek *χαλκοτρίβης, < χαλκός brass + τρίβειν to rub.
One who takes rubbings of brasses.Apparently an isolated use.
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1861 Sat. Rev. 22 June 647 A zealous and, at the same time, rational student of brasses—the fashion of the day might almost tempt us to say a chalcologue, or perhaps more accurately still, a chalcotribe.
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