English Dictionary

kill-time

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.

日本語の意味

暇つぶし：時間を楽しく過ごすための行動や工夫、つまり退屈な時間を無味乾燥にせず、何らかの楽しみをもたらす行為

Crossword puzzles served as his kill-time during slow evenings.

クロスワードパズルは、のんびりした夕方の彼の気晴らしになっていた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.

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.

kill-times （ plural ）