Established era places a hobby in the period when it first became a recognized pastime. Wikipedia states, "The advancing production, technology, and labour movements of the nineteenth century provided workers with more leisure time to engage in hobbies," and this is when many hobbies still practiced today first took hold. Browsing by era shows which hobbies share a common historical moment of origin.
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1. Hobby (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHobby, Etymology sectionQuote, Hobby, Etymology section
By 1816 the derivative, "hobby", was introduced into the vocabulary of a number of English people.
Stamp Collecting (Wikipedia)
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