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Hobby. Hobby: collecting seashells. In Tristram Shandy, the term "hobby-horse" was used to refer to whimsical obsessions, which led to the current use of the word "hobby". A hobby is considered to be a regular activity that is done for enjoyment, typically during one's leisure time. Hobbies include collecting themed items and objects, engaging ...
The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining items that are of interest to an individual collector. Collections differ in a wide variety of respects, most obviously in the nature and scope of the objects contained, but also in purpose, presentation, and so forth.
The word hobby is glossed by the OED as "a small or middle-sized horse; an ambling or pacing horse; a pony". The word is attested in English from the 14th century, as Middle English hobyn. Old French had hobin or haubby, whence Modern French aubin and Italian ubino. But the Old French term is apparently adopted from English rather than vice ...
Holly Hobbie. Denise Holly Hobbie ( née Ulinskas; [ 1]: 102 born 1944) is an American writer, watercolorist [ 2]: 127 and illustrator. [ 3] She is best known for creating the American Greetings character which, originally unnamed, is now also called Holly Hobbie. She also created the Toot & Puddle series of children's books.
Learning new skills through hobbies — whether it’s dance, crafting, boxing or playing a musical instrument — helps build self-assurance. “Mastering a new craft or achieving a physical ...
Stamp collecting is the collecting of postage stamps and related objects. It is an area of philately, which is the study (or combined study and collection) of stamps. It has been one of the world's most popular hobbies since the late nineteenth century with the rapid growth of the postal service, [ 1] as a stream of new stamps was produced by ...
TSR, Inc. TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company, best known as the original publisher of Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D ). Its earliest incarnation, Tactical Studies Rules, was founded in October 1973 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye. Gygax had been unable to find a publisher for D&D, a new type of game he and Dave Arneson were co-developing ...
A. Admiration of foreign cultures (8 C, 44 P) Airsoft (3 C, 17 P, 1 F) Amateur filmmaking (2 C, 14 P) Amateur sports (11 C, 4 P) Amateur theatre (3 C, 13 P) Audio hobbies (2 C, 3 P)