Obs. [f. WASTE v. + TIME sb., after PASTIME.] A means of wasting time; an occupation in which time is passed unprofitably.
1609. Ellesmere, Sp. Post-nati, 24. Call it either a Passe-time, or Wast-time, as pleaseth you.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies, Lincs., II. (1662), 153. Some think that the Men must be mad as well as the Bull, who can take delight in so dangerous a Wast-Time.
1863. J. C. Jeaffreson, Sir Everard’s Dau., 166. Busily employed with drawing, or painting, or wool-work, or some other graceful form of feminine waste-time.
