hobby

Definitions


[ˈhɒbi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure
(e.g: her hobbies are reading and gardening)

- a small horse or pony


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Origin:
late Middle English hobyn, hoby, from pet forms of the given name Robin. Originally in hobby (compare with dobbin), it later came to denote a toy horse or hobby horse, hence ‘an activity done for pleasure’


[ˈhɒbi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a migratory Old World falcon with long, narrow wings, catching dragonflies and birds on the wing


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French hobet, diminutive of hobe ‘falcon’




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