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Chinamaniac

Chinamaniac noun: a person obsessed with collecting porcelain; an avid china collector.

Noun

Chinamaniac (plural Chinamaniacs)

  1. A person obsessed with collecting porcelain; an avid china collector.
    • "And some of the old china in the kitchen is Chelsea and Dresden and I noticed a Spode dinner-set there and some Crown Derby cups." "All that doesn't mean a thing to me. Does it mean that the stuff's valuable?" "Goodness, yes! Chinamaniacs pay all sorts of fancy prices for good examples of old...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 12

Forms of Chinamaniac

pluralChinamaniacs

Origin of Chinamaniac

From China + maniac.

Questions about Chinamaniac

What does Chinamaniac mean?
Chinamaniac means a person obsessed with collecting porcelain; an avid china collector.
What part of speech is Chinamaniac?
Chinamaniac is a noun.
What is the plural of Chinamaniac?
The plural of Chinamaniac is Chinamaniacs.

Words near Chinamaniac in the dictionary

  1. Chinaman's chance
  2. Chinaman's chance in hell
  3. Chinaman's Peak
  4. Chinamanfish
  5. Chinamania
  6. Chinamaniac
  7. Chinamaniacs
  8. Chinamax
  9. Chinamaxx
  10. Chinamaxxed
  11. Chinamaxxer

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