Definitions
a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
Word origin
From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps.
Used in a sentence
“Chatting is a pleasant pastime.”
“[…]lax court morals and the absurd chivalry business were in full feather, and the joust and the tournament were the frequent pastime of titled fine gentlemen who could fight better than they could spell...”
“An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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