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  • 81Hobby Field — For the airport in Houston, see William P. Hobby Airport. , is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the city of Creswell in Lane County, Oregon, United States.External links* [http://www.ci.creswell.or.us/airport.html Hobby… …

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  • 82Hobby-Rice theorem — In mathematics, and in particular the study of necklace splitting problems, the Hobby Rice theorem is a result that is useful in establishing the existence of certain solutions. The theoremIf g 1,ldots,g k: [0,1] longrightarrowBbb{R} are given… …

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  • 83Hobby — /hob ee/, n. Oveta Culp /kulp/, born 1905, U.S. newspaper publisher and government official: first director of Women s Army Corps 1942 45; first Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1953 55. * * * ▪ bird       any of certain birds of prey… …

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  • 84hobby — noun a) An activity that one enjoys doing in ones spare time. I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby. b) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the The hobby was once a favored bird for the… …

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  • 85hobby horse — noun a) The Irish hobby, an extinct breed of horse. Dont ask him about global warming: its his favourite hobby horse, youll never get away. b) A childs toy consisting of a (usually wooden or cloth) horse mounted on a stick …

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  • 86hobby — n. to have, go in for, pursue a hobby * * * [ hɒbɪ] go in for pursue a hobby to have …

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  • 87Hobby — Hob·by [ hɔbi] das; s, s; etwas, das man (regelmäßig) in seiner Freizeit zum Vergnügen tut ≈ Steckenpferd <ein Hobby haben, etwas als Hobby betreiben>: Ihre Hobbys sind Reiten und Skifahren …

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  • 88hobby — {{hw}}{{hobby}}{{/hw}}Svago, passatempo preferito | Occupazione a cui ci si dedica nel tempo libero. ETIMOLOGIA: voce ingl., da (hobby)horse, propr. ‘piccolo cavallo’ (hobby è forse un vezzeggiativo per Robert ‘Roberto’), poi ‘idea fissa’ (per la …

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  • 89hobby — [wym. hobbi] n ndm «szczególne upodobanie do czegoś, ulubione zajęcie, któremu się poświęca wolny czas; konik, pasja» Mieć jakieś hobby. Filatelistyka to jego hobby. ‹ang.› …

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  • 90hobby-horse —    obsolete    a prostitute    Literally, an article in Morris dancing which became a children s toy. Shakespeare gives us another vulgar pun on hobby, a wanton, and on the usual equine imagery:     My wife s a hobby horse. {The Winter s Tale) …

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