playfellow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of playfellow
Example Sentences
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I knew that with his lively ways, he would make a fine playfellow.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
He was now constantly with his little playfellow when she was able to see him.
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot
“Grandfather, Grandfather, Snuffy’s hurt,” she called, and, putting her arms around her shaggy playfellow, she tried to help him up the back steps.
From Black-Eyed Susan by Phillips, Ethel Calvert
This one would be within-doors, as your playfellow.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
The timid Maria kept silence, but her little playfellow answered, that they had only come to see the chamber.
From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig
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