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trainspotter

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trainspotter/ˈtreɪnspɒtə(r)/

▶noun Brit.

1 a person who collects locomotive numbers as a hobby.

2 often derogatory a person who obsessively studies the minutiae of any minority interest or specialized hobby.

– derivatives
trainspotting noun.

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