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"a pastime" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
One can use it to refer to an activity that gives enjoyment and that is done regularly in one's leisure time. Example: Playing billiards is one of my favorite pastimes.
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Fighting was a pastime.
Designing houses was a diversion, a pastime.
"It's just a pastime," he says.
No, it's a pastime, señora.
That is, war is not a pastime.
"It was a pastime," he said.
The author's abiding interest is people smitten by a pastime.
What we found was a pastime on life support.
What started as a pastime became a profession.
For decades, climbing was a pastime for gentlemen and vagabonds.
Poker was endemic, as a pastime, a sport, a passion.
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