kill-time
See also: kill time
English
Etymology
kill + time
Noun
kill-time (plural kill-times)
- (obsolete) Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
- 1817, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, chapter 3, in Biographia Literaria, footnote, published 1889, page 24:
- For as to the devotees of the circulating libraries, I dare not compliment their pass-time, or rather kill-time, with the name of reading.
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Synonyms
- amusement, diversion, hobby, pastime, sport; See also Thesaurus:hobby