He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman.honhon /hʌn/ pronoun American English spoken 
I’m sorry, hon.
WORD ORIGINhon
Origin:
1900-2000 honeyEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Are you going to eat those fries, hon?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman. finely honed (=extremely well-developed) intuition
a short form of honey, used to address someone you love: He set about honing his skills as a draughtsman. finely honed (=extremely well-developed) intuition I’m sorry, hon.