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Synonyms for plaything
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pley-thing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ |
Définition of plaything
Origin :- 1670s, from play (v.) + thing.
- noun toy
- Of course, you know, a man doesn't tell everyone that he's got a plaything of that sort.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- She'd been treated like a plaything afore he got her and he treated her that way till he died.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Or if it touches it mustn't be rough, for its plaything will break so easily.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- He had yearned for it, as a child might yearn for a plaything.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- She is my doll, my baby, my plaything—the creature that keeps me human.
- Extract from : « A Modern Tomboy » by L. T. Meade
- And I will not be the plaything of a moment, to be cast aside the next.
- Extract from : « The Substance of a Dream » by F. W. Bain
- The baby is not a toy or a plaything, but a great responsibility.
- Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
- The child she had left had been his dear plaything, his consolation.
- Extract from : « A Soldier of the Legion » by C. N. Williamson
- If Charles had a plaything, Katy wanted it, and would cry till she got it.
- Extract from : « Proud and Lazy » by Oliver Optic
- You're nine feet tall and the world's your plaything, when you're up on dream dust.
- Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg
Antonyms for plaything
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