Meaning of gricer | Babel Free

Definitions

A railway enthusiast, a trainspotter.

informal

Examples

“The train⟳ was stuffed full of journalists and gricers, as railway enthusiasts are pejoratively termed. Some of the gricers, earnest, fresh-faced young men, almost to a person, who cut⟳ their milk teeth on Hornby trains, had booked on this train⟳ two years ago.”

“Such an eclectic mix⟳ of rolling stock⟳ also created the movement of standing train⟳ spotters and inspired the early gricers, those enthusiastic train⟳ photographers.”

“This Delphi of railway enthusiasm, this holy grail for gricers, has a lure at least as strong as its grander contemporaries such as the Settle⟳ & Carlisle or West Highland Line, which were saved from closure and are still alive today.”

“Betjeman, who was a bit of a gricer, wrote: "I know⟳ of no greater pleasure for elevenses in London than to sit⟳ in this tea place⟳ and watch⟳ the trains arrive⟳ and depart."”

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