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ˈtime-ˌkiller
One who or that which ‘kills’ time (see kill v. 5): said of a person, an amusement, etc. So ˈtime-killing n. and a.
1751Richardson in Johnson's Rambler No. 97 ⁋24 Another seasonable relief to those modern time-killers. 1825Blackw. Mag. XVII. 28 Much resorted to by..antiquity hunters, view-hunters, Time-killers. 1882W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 484 Hard up for time-killing occupation. 1895Outing (U.S.) XXVI. 427/2 Reading it with the idle interest of a time-killer. |