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Meanings of hobby in English
Portuguese
cavalo de pau Catalan
cavall de cartró A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride.
Usage of hobby in English
1
She said lockdown changed her art from a hobby to a business.
2
He said Ulster Wool has given him a career and a hobby.
3
Thank you, she says, scampering off to pick up a new hobby.
4
Use the Internet and scholarly sources to learn more about your hobby.
5
He also turned his hobby - politics - into a second career.
6
Words were both his hobby and his profession; lexicography was his delight.
7
We are doing business as an extension of our hobby, he said.
8
Purely a scientific curiosity, you understand: chemistry is a hobby of mine.
9
Everyone had to write a paper about his or her favorite hobby.
10
The patience and wisdom of the President is a hobby of mine.
11
But this is my special hobby, and the differences are equally obvious.
12
Sapin is a no-nonsense political fixer whose hobby is collecting antique coins.
13
That duty may be a hobby; it may even be a dissipation.
14
It's this wonderful hobby that we have kind of, somewhat control over.
15
It is his hobby, and one likes to indulge him in it.
16
It's an expensive hobby and may well cost your annual gross salary.
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Hobby through the time
Hobby across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
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