subs. (old).—A hackney; a horse in common use.
1606. The Return from Parnassus, ii., 6 (DODSLEY, Old Plays, 4th ed., 1875, ix., 151). An’t please you, your HOBBY will meet you at the lane’s end. Idem (p. 154). Is not my master an absolute villain, that loves his hawk, his HOBBY, and his greyhound, more than any mortal creature? Idem, ii., 5 (p. 145). Sirrah, boy, hath the groom saddled my hunting HOBBY?
2. (university).—A translation. TO RIDE HOBBIES = to use CRIBS (q.v.).
SIR POSTHUMOUS HOBBY, subs. phr. (old).—One nice or whimsical in his clothes.
