railway mania
now chiefly historical
noun
(An instance of) excessive or irrational enthusiasm for railways.
- Used especially to denote a period of widespread speculation in railways in Britain in the mid 19th cent..
Origin
Early 19th century.
- pressure bomb
- pressure breathing
- pressure-broadened
- pressure broadening
- pressure button
- pressure cabin
- pressure cable
- pressure cap
- pressure-cast
- pressure casting
- pressure chamber
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- pressure cooker
- pressure cookery
- pressure crack
- pressure cylinder
- pressure die-casting
- pressure drag
- pressure engine
- pressure-fed
- pressure feed
- pressure figure
- pressure filter
- pressure-flaked
- pressure flaker