train spotter
Britishnoun
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a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
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informal a person who is obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
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If you’re a train spotter, you’re going to hate it, because it’s not in the timeline, but whatever.
From New York Times • May 27, 2022
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