hobby
/ˈhɑ.bi/ noun A1- 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
- An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.
- Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).
- 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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The second and third had been patiently occupied upon a subject which he had recently made his hobby—the music of the Middle Ages.
“Because that is my special hobby.
“But this is my special hobby, and the differences are equally obvious.
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.
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