dabble_in has definitions from the field of work
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[ verb ] (work) work with in a non-serious manner

Examples

"She dabbles in astronomy" "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Every man who dabbles_in the market to make a_little easy_money on_the_side and suffers losses could at the time hardly face his wife who was wondering how her husband could be so dumb .

Related terms

busy dabbler

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