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Chinamaniac
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English
Etymology
From en China maniac.
Noun
A person obsessed with collecting porcelain; an avid china collector.
en 1950 Norman Lindsay Norman Lindsay Dust or Polish? Angus and Robertson Sydney 12 "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 china."