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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hobby1
▶noun (pl. hobbies)
- 1 an activity done regularly for pleasure.
- 2 archaic a small horse or pony.
– origin ME (in sense ‘small horse’, later ‘toy horse or hobby horse’) hobyn, hoby, from familiar forms of the given name Robin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hobby2
▶noun (pl. hobbies) a small migratory falcon which hunts birds and insects on the wing. [Falco subbuteo.]
– origin ME: from OFr. hobet, dimin. of hobe ‘falcon’.
'hobby' also found in these Oxford entries:
artist
- avocation
- birdwatching
- cartophily
- collect
- collector
- Dada
- deltiologist
- detectorist
- fanatic
- hobby farm
- hobby horse
- hobbyist
- notaphily
- pastime
- scrapbooking
- scribble
- scripophily
- spelunking
- spotter
- survivalism
- trainspotter
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Avocation vs. hobby?
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His hobby is collecting military statues
Hobby
I found his hobby collecting stamps.
I have a hobby of painting.
it's important to get into <some/ a > hobby you've always wa
make a hobby pay for itself
most teenage boys' favorite hobby
My father's hobby is to collect German stamps.
my hobby is to read/reading?
Same liking, common hobby, same hobby
Take up a hobby
take up a new hobby
to do a hobby
weekend hobby class
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