playday

American  

[pley-dey] / ˈpleɪˌdeɪ /

noun

1. a day for relaxation or for participation in sports contests; a holiday.

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Etymology

Origin of playday

First recorded in 1595–1605; play + day

Example Sentences

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)

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)

But, ye see, he thinks he's lettin' ye down easy—a-sendin' ye that big check, an' tellin' ye ter take a playday.

From The Road to Understanding by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

But I—I—that is—how—" "Oh, I'm not going to take the playday.

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)