playday
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of playday
Example Sentences
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And don't forget that she also said: 'I hope you'll enjoy your playday as much as I shall mine.'
From The Road to Understanding by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
Then, like the weakling that he had become, he stole away for another playday; and again grandmother, with Theodora's and Miss Emmons's connivance, hid the book, this time somewhere in the wagon-house cellar.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
With a frown John Denby took the proffered bit of paper upon which had been scrawled:— I hope you'll enjoy your playday as much as I shall mine.
From The Road to Understanding by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
She's never had a playday, and I'm sure she deserves one if ever a girl did!
From The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
When he had recovered from the effects of his playday Jim was always fervently glad that he had not spent his savings.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
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