Hobby, passe temps, activité de loisir La peinture est mon violon d'Ingres.
ETYM Latin avocatio.
An auxiliary activity; SYN. by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity.
Hobby; vocation.
1. A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horsehead on one end of a stick; the child straddles it an pretends to ride; SYN. hobbyhorse, rocking horse, cockhorse, stick horse.