n. (pl. -ies) 1 a favourite leisure-time activity or occupation. 2 archaic a small horse. 3 hist. an early type of velocipede. hobbyist n.
[ ME hobyn, hoby, f. pet-forms of Robin: cf. DOBBIN ]
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a favourite leisure-time activity or occupation. 2 archaic a small horse. 3 hist. an early type of velocipede. hobbyist n.
[ ME hobyn, hoby, f. pet-forms of Robin: cf. DOBBIN ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012