kill-timen.adj.
/ˈkɪltʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈkɪlˌtaɪm/ A. n.
An occupation or amusement intended to ‘kill time’.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > killing time > an activity which
kill-time1751
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VIII. Concl. 266 The more active and lively amusements and Kill-times.
1811 S. T. Coleridge Lect. Shakespeare (1856) 3 Where the reading of novels prevails as a habit..it is not so much to be called pass-time as kill-time.
1865 Church Times 11 Mar. 76/1 One of the pretty kill-times which consume modern society.
B. adj.
Adapted to kill time.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > adapted to kill time
kill-time1897
1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 Jan. 5/1 Play at this very scientific kill-time game [chess].
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