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hobby

/ˈhɑ.bi/ noun C2
  1. Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.

Plural hobbies

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The second and third had been patiently occupied upon a subject which he had recently made his hobby—the music of the Middle Ages.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 1 · B2
It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2
I remember that as I picked them up, I observed the title of one of them, The Origin of Tree Worship, and it struck me that the fellow must be some poor bibliophile, who, either as a trade or as a hobby, was a collector of obscure volumes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 6 · C1
“Because that is my special hobby.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 37 · C1

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