Bytime

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A period of leisure; spare time Scotland, uncountable, usually

    ""[…] Doth our doughty Captain go birdsnesting and nutting in his bytimes?”"

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""[…] Doth our doughty Captain go birdsnesting and nutting in his bytimes?”"

Etymology

From Scots bytime, equivalent to by- + time.

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spare time

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