long play
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of long play
First recorded in 1950–55
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Some, like Disney Magic Kingdom, are for players four and up, with a title screen suggesting: “Play healthy! It is recommended that you take breaks from time to time during a long play session.”
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Hurley has long envied NFL coaches like Kyle Shanahan, who script every single action of their offenses with absurdly long play sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
At Brentford, Frank's plan was to play long, play quick, and pressurise opponents in open play and set-pieces.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
It’s a long play, modeled on an earlier work by the Spanish dramatist Pedro Calderón, about a king who keeps the son who has been prophesied to overthrow him locked up in a tower.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Scarce has she learnt to lisp a name Of martyr, yet she thinks it shame Life should so long play with that breath Which spent can buy so brave a death.
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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