noun
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a toy
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a person regarded or treated as a toy
he thinks she is just his plaything
Etymology
Origin of plaything
Example Sentences
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Although a big Black Mirror fan, Gribben hadn't seen Bandersnatch but says that coming to Plaything fresh actually aided his performance.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025
The pair are now reprising their roles from the 2018 movie in a new series seven episode called Plaything.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025
The pair are now reprising their roles from the 2018 interactive movie in a new episode called Plaything.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
General Electric scientists demonstrated: X-Ray Farm— Plaything of the General Electric staff is their monstrous x-ray farm on the laboratory roof.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Giant's Plaything is used by special permission of the publishers of the Book of Knowledge.
From Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
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