Definition of gricer in English:

gricer

noun ˈɡrʌɪsə

British informal

A fanatical railway enthusiast.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was also nice to meet some British gricers, thanks for the nice time guys.
- I even took time out from my normal journalistic duties to spend a week with the gricers at a national festival of steam.
- Compiled by a rail enthusiast, this CD is unique and a must for the serious gricer.
- I was charged 100RMB each way, which is pretty steep by comparison with the locals' fares, but I guess the line does not get too much direct revenue from the gricers who visit.
- A gricer managed to find out that a part had to be flown from RIO but was not expected until after midnight.
- The same goes for gricers - those addicted to the fine old English pastime of trainspotting.
- The officials in Shuangyashan threw us out of the train control room and weren't happy about steam gricers at all.
- Subsequent runs gave rise to significant readings on the Richter scale, to the delight of the attendant gricers.
- Many gricers seem also to be folkies - after all why not be COMPLETELY unfashionable?
- Olaf Güttler was in Cambodia in 1991 and was probably the last gricer to see real steam at work here.
- While not as fanatical as a true gricer, happiness for me was sitting on a grassy bank overlooking a busy railway line.
- Antonin Dvorak was a great railway enthusiast, and indeed a gricer.
- Fortunately, enough gricers went to the country after 1969-70 in time to record the last 15 years or so of Indonesian steam; unfortunately, little of what they photographed has ever been published.
- I always try and find a remote location, no other gricers to worry about and no public either.
- Underground networks of gricers are known to exist, and are especially prevalent in the fields of automotive journalism and car manufacturer PR departments.

Derivatives

gricing

noun

British

informal

After six hardcore gricing trips to China, I decided to treat myself to the luxury of the ‘Jingpeng China Orient Express’ private train operated by GW Tours of the U.K.
Example sentencesExamples
- It has taken a little while but last weekend was spent gricing in Beijing, a contrast between the ancient and modern.
- Main stream gricing it most definitely is not, but we are all allowed our little fetishes, aren't we?
- We had a taxi driver new to gricing but took to it well, cooperative, safe driver but can move quickly when needed, fair price, nice man all around.
- Once again the gricing activities were curtailed by the need to travel.

Origin

1960s: origin uncertain; perhaps a humorous representation of an upper-class pronunciation of grouser 'grouse-shooter'.

Rhymes

de-icer, dicer, enticer, paise, pricer, ricer, slicer, splicer

单词	gricer
释义	Definition of gricer in English: gricer noun ˈɡrʌɪsə British informal A fanatical railway enthusiast. Example sentencesExamples It was also nice to meet some British gricers, thanks for the nice time guys. I even took time out from my normal journalistic duties to spend a week with the gricers at a national festival of steam. Compiled by a rail enthusiast, this CD is unique and a must for the serious gricer. I was charged 100RMB each way, which is pretty steep by comparison with the locals' fares, but I guess the line does not get too much direct revenue from the gricers who visit. A gricer managed to find out that a part had to be flown from RIO but was not expected until after midnight. The same goes for gricers - those addicted to the fine old English pastime of trainspotting. The officials in Shuangyashan threw us out of the train control room and weren't happy about steam gricers at all. Subsequent runs gave rise to significant readings on the Richter scale, to the delight of the attendant gricers. Many gricers seem also to be folkies - after all why not be COMPLETELY unfashionable? Olaf Güttler was in Cambodia in 1991 and was probably the last gricer to see real steam at work here. While not as fanatical as a true gricer, happiness for me was sitting on a grassy bank overlooking a busy railway line. Antonin Dvorak was a great railway enthusiast, and indeed a gricer. Fortunately, enough gricers went to the country after 1969-70 in time to record the last 15 years or so of Indonesian steam; unfortunately, little of what they photographed has ever been published. I always try and find a remote location, no other gricers to worry about and no public either. Underground networks of gricers are known to exist, and are especially prevalent in the fields of automotive journalism and car manufacturer PR departments. Derivatives gricing noun British informal After six hardcore gricing trips to China, I decided to treat myself to the luxury of the ‘Jingpeng China Orient Express’ private train operated by GW Tours of the U.K. Example sentencesExamples It has taken a little while but last weekend was spent gricing in Beijing, a contrast between the ancient and modern. Main stream gricing it most definitely is not, but we are all allowed our little fetishes, aren't we? We had a taxi driver new to gricing but took to it well, cooperative, safe driver but can move quickly when needed, fair price, nice man all around. Once again the gricing activities were curtailed by the need to travel. Origin 1960s: origin uncertain; perhaps a humorous representation of an upper-class pronunciation of grouser 'grouse-shooter'. Rhymes de-icer, dicer, enticer, paise, pricer, ricer, slicer, splicer
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