playock

noun

playock

noun

Etymology From play + -ock. Cognate with Scots playok (“toy”).

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UK, Dialectal, Obsolete A plaything; a toy.

[…] I would therefore like if you will lend her a note, and ye may put half-a-crown in the hand of each of the poor weans for a playock, — for she's a proud spirit, and will bear much before she complain.1936, John Galt, David Storrar Meldrum, William Roughead, The Works of John Galt:

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