Kill-time

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably. obsolete

    "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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amusementdiversionfancyhobbypastimepursuit

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"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."

Etymology

From kill + time.

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