单词 | loco-spotter |
释义 | > as lemmasloco-spotter loco-spotter n. = trainspotter n. (now somewhat dated). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > spotting trains, watching birds, etc. > [noun] > train-spotter trainspotter1949 loco-spotter1959 gricer1969 1959 Junior Radio Times 25 Sept. 1/1 What is the locospotter looking for? Chiefly the engine number, which normally is painted on the cab side and also on the smoke-box door; secondly, the name if the engine has one; and thirdly, the code of the shed to which the engine is allocated. 1983 N. Humphrey Consciousness Regained (1984) xi. 144 Fifty identical stamps do not make a stamp-collection, and fifty sightings of the same railway engine bring no joy to the loco-spotter. 2008 R. Fisk Age of Warrior vi. 221 The Golden Arrow, in those pre-Eurostar days, was the joy of every loco-spotter. < as lemmas |
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