See also: by-time

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Etymology edit

From Scots bytime, equivalent to by- +‎ time.

Noun edit

bytime (usually uncountable, plural bytimes)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) A period of leisure; spare time
    • 1976, Robert Haven Schauffler, Thanksgiving:
      " [] Doth our doughty Captain go birdsnesting and nutting in his bytimes?”

Scots edit

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Etymology edit

From by- +‎ time.

Noun edit

bytime (plural bytimes)

  1. Spare time; leisure time.