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
Though his mother had cruelly absented herself, here was a playfellow that was better than nothing.
From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson
The Queen was always very kind to him, as she had known his grandmother so well, and told me once that Lady Clementina had been her playfellow.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
The girl's only reply was to hold out her hand to her old playfellow.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de
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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