playday
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of playday
Example Sentences
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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 Cawein, Madison Julius
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)
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)
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 Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
"Why, it's just a—a playday," stammered Helen, still trying to cling to the remnant of her secret.
From The Road to Understanding by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
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