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train spotter

 noun
     
Related topics: Outdoor, Trains, Railways
train spotter [countable] British English
1TTTDLO someone who collects the numbers of railway engines for fun
2 someone who you think is boring and only interested in unimportant details
—trainspotting noun [uncountable]
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