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playday

American  
[pley-dey] / ˈpleɪˌdeɪ /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of playday

First recorded in 1595–1605; play + day

Example Sentences

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We came to recognize Jim's symptoms only too well, and knew, when we saw them, that he would soon have to have another playday.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

When all the world was Mayday, And all the skies were blue, Young innocence made playday Among the flowers and dew; Then all of life was Mayday, And clouds were none or few.

From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Madison Julius Cawein

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

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

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 Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

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 C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

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