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hobby

/ˈhɑ.bi/ noun A1
  1. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. · I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.· take up a hobby
  2. An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.
  3. Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).
  4. Painting and building miniatures (as opposed to playing the game) · I'm more into the competitive part than the hobby part of this game.

Plural hobbies

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“Because that is my special hobby.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 37 · C1
“But this is my special hobby, and the differences are equally obvious.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 37 · C1
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

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