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playgame en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpleɪɡeɪm/

Etymology

From play + game.

Meanings

1. (archaic) The play of children.
   • It is a part of their playgame. They have everything they ask. 1922, Lady Gregory, Wonder and the Supernatural:
   • 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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