playgame
noun/ˈpleɪɡeɪm/
Etymology From play + game.
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Archaic The play of children.
- And it is that liberty alone, which gives the true relish and delight to their ordinary play-games.1693, [John Locke], “§76”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
- Then fall they to cry, to weep, and to torment themselves, as little children that have lost their playgame.1592, Philippe de Mornay, translated by Mary Sidney, A Discourse of Life and Death:
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- It is a part of their playgame. They have everything they ask.1922, Lady Gregory, Wonder and the Supernatural: