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Synonyms for pastime
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pas-tahym, pahs- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæsˌtaɪm, ˈpɑs- |
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Définition of pastime
Origin :- late 15c., passe tyme "recreation, diversion, amusement, sport," from pass (v.) + time (n.). Formed on model of Middle French passe-temps (15c.), from passe, imperative of passer "to pass" + temps "time."
- noun leisure activity
- The wooing on Shakespeare's side was nothing but pastime, though it led to marriage.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Discussion was, indeed, a pastime in which the major never indulged.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Mr. Dowling should have found other forms of exercise and pastime.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- They were trailing a hot scent, a pastime as well as a work that was their life.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The one is a pastime; the other”––he paused and caught his breath––“a passion!
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- Then he let her go, and she went to the court of the old Tsar, and took her pastime there.
- Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
- They swept up the long stretch as though the effort were a pastime.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The great sorrel was oblivious of this pastime of his master.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
- I turned away with a new impression of the pastime of duelling.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- Do not indulge in the pastime of throwing stones at the stars.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
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