playline en · ADJ
Etymology
From play + line.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of toys) Manufactured for use as a plaything, rather than as a collectible.
Playline Barbie dolls, when not exaggerated by the fantasy requirements of a juvenile audience, reference contemporary fashion far more closely than any of the expensive collector lines, designed in-house by Mattel.
2004, Juliette Peers, The fashion doll: from Bébé Jumeau to Barbie, page 189: