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pastimes

[pas-tahym, pahs-] Origin

pas·time

[pas-tahym, pahs-]
noun
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.

Origin:
1480–90; earlier pas(s)e tyme, translation of Middle French passe-temps


entertainment, hobby, diversion, avocation.

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pastime
1489, passe tyme "recreation, diversion, amusement, sport," formed on model of M.Fr. passe-temps (15c.), from passe, imper. of passer "to pass" + temps "time."
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