Citations:caraholic
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English citations of caraholic
Noun: "(informal) a person who is addicted to driving or collecting cars"[edit]
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- 1978, Model "A" News, Volumes 25-26, page xviii:
- […] those who are always horse trading cars, "Some people are alcoholics, some are compulsive gamblers, — me, I am a caraholic."
- 2001 June 12, Alden Hackmann, “Re: What were they thinking?”, in rec.crafts.metalworking[1] (Usenet):
- FWIW, we drove a Renault Megane when we were in France a couple of years ago. I'm not a caraholic, all I usually care about is that it get me from point A to point B, which the Megane did very nicely. Of course, it was almost brand new...
- 2005, Mandasue Heller, The Charmer, Hodder and Stoughton (2005), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- 'I live about two minutes away from here. I could actually walk here faster than I can drive – if I wasn't such a lazy caraholic. […]
- 2008, Gloria Morgan, Love's Best Gift, Xulon Press (2008), →ISBN, page 47:
- "I am a caraholic, so I have several models at my disposal. I like variety in my vehicles."