Synonym: avocation, pastime. Similar words: lobby, hobble, hobbing, crabby, phobia, gobble up, acrophobia, claustrophobic. Meaning: ['hɑbɪ /'hɒb-] n. 1. an auxiliary activity 2. a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride 3. small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds.
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61 In his fourteen years as a fancier he has converted a hobby into something of a triumphant campaign.
62 The genus as a whole shares its virtuous qualities with few others in the marine aquarium hobby.
63 It is one section of the hobby that will have to be market-driven.
64 Pintsch had become an addict of the hobby early in the thirties, as had most of his friends.
65 His other hobby was home-made wine. After the delivery, he would always have a cup of tea.
66 As the marine hobby blossomed the demand for good frozen food designed for marine fishes and invertebrates increased tremendously.
67 Back in Paris, I found other solar sail fans and promoting the concept became my hobby.
68 This celebration of ghosts and goblins has now become a family hobby for the Flads.
69 Today I would like you to think about taking up a new interest or hobby.
70 Even the hobby horse and the toy puppets had gone from the windows, leaving only the plastic holly behind.
71 But without another job, a hobby or some activity that gives meaning to their lives there is danger.
72 This is no casual hobby for some one who dabbles in electronics and fancies watching a few extra television programmes.
73 Ah well, I can get down off my hobby horse now!
74 As encouraging the sustainable use of coral reefs for the fishkeeping hobby.
75 At the time, the hobby had been on the wane for years.
76 Entrepreneurs say that their enjoyment of meaningful work often springs from a deep interest in some hobby or other pursuit.
77 Our hobby, and the fact that we fund it ourselves, is something to be proud of.
78 Combined with a club meeting, this must have all the ingredients of a satisfying hobby.
79 Q I am a beginner to the hobby and I would like to keep livebearers.
80 Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion. Ralph Waldo Emerson
81 In those days,(sentencedict.com) John and Zona Ainsworth raised livestock almost as a hobby.
82 In this extract Roddy's parents want him to take up a useful hobby: They tried to persuade him.
83 Some will resign from big business and devote themselves to turning an idea or hobby into a business of their own.
84 There was also a full basement that served as a large hobby room with a walk-in refrigerator.
85 Particularly as I had studied a little archaeology.Just as a hobby really.
86 This was his hobby, sketching vertical monstrosities, though he might easily have been a spy.
87 As we all know marine fishkeeping is a challenging hobby in so many ways.
88 My new hobby is particularly galling to my lovely wife, Ana.
89 Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print. Dave Barry
90 My wife has the opportunity these days of pursuing, with great enthusiasm, her hobby as a singer.