stampomanian.
The mania for collecting postage stamps.
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1865 Morning Star 28 Aug. A few years ago, grey-haired people, as well as little children, were seized with the stampomania.
Derivatives
ˌstampoˈmaniac n.
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1886 Daily News 9 Dec. 5/2 In the other branches..the collector may be eager..for good things, but he can never know the passion of the stampomaniac.
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n.1865- to get work up a head of steam
- to get wrong
- to get yours
- to get, , lose flesh
- to get, come, etc, unstuck
- to get, get oneself in, lose flesh
- to get, give, have fair law
- to get, give, have fair law of
- to get, give, have law
- to get, give, have law of
- to get, give, have, obtain, take a licence
- to get, give, have, obtain, take licence
- to get, have or give a skrik
- to get, have or give someone a skrik
- to get, have, meet with one's deserts
- to get, have, or take a cold
- to get, have, or take a right sow by the ear
- to get, have, or take a wrong sow by the ear
- to get, have, or take the right sow by the ear
- to get, have, or take the wrong sow by the ear
- to get, have, possess the dead-wood
- to get, have, possess the deadwood
- to get, have, take scathe
- to get, have, tie a bun on
- to get, take, or have a rise out of