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PLAYGAME n.
Play of children. Locke.
PLAYGOER n.
One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.
PLAYGOING a. 2 definitions
Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public. -- n.
PLAYGROUND n.
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
PLAYHOUSE n. 2 definitions
A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.
PLAYING n.
a. & vb. n. of Play. Playing cards. See under Card.
PLAYMAKER n.
A playwright. [R.]
PLAYMATE n.
A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
PLAYSOME a.
Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] R. Browning. -- Play"some*ness, n. [R.]
PLAYTE n.
See Pleyt.
PLAYTHING n.
A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse. A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age. Locke.
PLAYTIME n.
Time for play or diversion.
PLAYWRIGHT n.
A maker or adapter of plays.
PLAYWRITER n.
A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.
POLDWAY n.
A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks. Weale.
POPINJAY n. 4 definitions
A parrot. The pye and popyngay speak they know not what. Tyndale.
PORTCRAYON n.
A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
PORTRAY v. 3 definitions
To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. Ezek. iv. 1.
PORTRAYAL n.
The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.
PORTRAYER n.
One who portrays. Chaucer.
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