hobbyist

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More to the point, the learning curve for hacking Windows Mobile as a hobbyist is moderately steep but very short.

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  1. One who rides a hobby; one who is devoted in an enthusiastic and one-sided manner to a particular principle, pursuit, method, or “fad.” Fantastic dreamers, pig-headed hobbyists, erratic cranks of every description. The Century, XXXIV. Any teacher who conducts two successive recitations exclusively by an oral method, by a text-book method, … is a hobbyist. N. E. Jour. of Education, XIX. 291.

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  • He had been assembled by a hobbyist, a talented young man with an interest in practical robotics. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • More to the point, the learning curve for hacking Windows Mobile as a hobbyist is moderately steep but very short. —  WMExperts
  • It involves the extensive search for names, places, occupations and dates that had anything to do with a particular bloodline; for the hobbyist, his own, for the professional genealogist, others. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • As a hobbyist, the first hurdle of choosing photography as a hobby is the initial cost of investment. —  Gadget Spy - Casting a beady eye over must have Gadgets
  • LearnHub is an innovative online community with thousands of members and more than 600 communities, spanning academic, hobbyist, artistic and other pursuits. —  LearnHub Activities
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