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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pley-boi |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ |
Definition of playboy
Origin :- 1829, "wealthy bon vivant," from play (v.) + boy. Fem. equivalent playgirl first recorded 1934. As the name of a U.S. based magazine for men, from December 1953.
- noun philanderer
- Thus, for instance, is the question of Synge's Playboy handled.
- Extract from : « Studies of Contemporary Poets » by Mary C. Sturgeon
- Following the alluring drumstick, Playboy burst into the passage, towing me after him on the rope.
- Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various
- In The Playboy he seemed to be determined to write riotously, like a man straining after vitality.
- Extract from : « Old and New Masters » by Robert Lynd
- A Playboy is someone with power, too much time on his hands, and too little sense of a goal worth achieving.
- Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole
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