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• n  an auxiliary activity
• n  a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
• n  small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds

• Dutch Sea Captain Jan Drent, now 59, never imagined that learned astronomers would ever take serious note of his lifetime hobby.
• For both men, games of chance have been not just a hobby but also a fundamental feature in their development as people and politicians.
• Is that a hobby? I would call that a hobby.

• avocation
• by-line
• pursuit
• sideline
• spare-time activity
• hobbyhorse
• rocking horse
• Falco subbuteo

News & Articles

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• Controller’s audit recovers $800,000 in overcharges at Hobby Airport construction
  The Houston City Controller’s Audit Division has recovered over $800,000 in overcharges and unsupported costs at the Hobby Airport New East Concourse construction project. The Construction Contract Pe
  June 17, 2013 - The Bay Area Citizen
• Official RC robotic transformers coming soon?
  (Credit: Hobby Media ) Remember the robotic Transformer shown off by Brave Robotics at last year's Tokyo Maker Faire? It seems the toy caught the eye of official Transformers toy maker Tomy, which is now working with Brave Robotics to create a commercial line, according to Italian hobby news Web site Hobby Media . Tomy, which hit robotic success in the 1980s with its Omnibots line, is seeking to ...
  June 17, 2013 - CNET
• She Takes the Cake
  Like many great business ideas, Cake Ambition started as a hobby. Owner and cake maker Jessica Bouren started out making baked goods for her friends, co-workers and family. Word spread, and requests came pouring in for her increasingly creative cakes. Bouren decided to leave her design job at a major firm in Louisville, Ky., and come back home to Michigan to pursue her cake-making career. When ...
  June 17, 2013 - Detroit Metro Times

Quotes

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• Arnold Schwarzenegger in 9&10 News
  (AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says Ted Kennedy demonstrated that "public service isn't a hobby or even an occupation, but a way of life."
• Tim Kaine in Washington Post
  I think that people who want to take this within 24 hours of the event and make it their political hobby horse to ride ...... I've got nothing but loathing for them,Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine said. "To those who want to try to make this into...
• Robbie Bach in Scientific American
  Building great connected TV experiences is not a hobby for Microsoft,Bach said.