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pastime

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pas·time  (pstm)
n.
An activity that occupies one's spare time pleasantly: Sailing is her favorite pastime.

[Middle English passe tyme, translation of French passe temps : passer, to pass + temps, time.]

pastime
Noun
an activity which makes time pass pleasantly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pastimepastime - a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly); "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"
diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

pastime
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Spanish pastime [ˈpɑːstaɪm] npasatiempo
French pastime [ˈpɑːstaɪm] npasse-temps m inv, distraction f
German pastime [ˈpɑːstaɪm] nZeitvertreib m, Hobby nt
Italian pastime [ˈpɑːstaɪm] npassatempo

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I fancy, that reading is not merely a pastime when it is apparently the merest pastime, but that a certain measure of mind-stuff is used up in it, and that if you are using up all the mind stuff you have, much or little, in some other way, you do not read because you have not the mind-stuff for it.
Of course, yacht racing is an organized pastime, a function of social idleness ministering to the vanity of certain wealthy inhabitants of these isles nearly as much as to their inborn love of the sea.
The Swede is adept at the gentle pastime of fishing in troubled waters.
 
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