playland
Americannoun
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an area used for recreation or amusement; playground or amusement park.
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a town or city that relies heavily on its tourist trade to bolster its economy.
Etymology
Origin of playland
Example Sentences
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To do away with crime, corruption and homelessness and clean up the streets — just like he did in his idealized playland.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2022
“My relationship with Mom became so bitter it turned the playland into a cage,” he wrote in the Times.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2016
The New York of the New Yorker is a playland, no more substantial than the one that Mayor McCheese presides over at your local McDonald’s.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2016
Two winters ago, a playland was set up inside called Happy Ice and Snow Season.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2012
By day's end 200,000 votaries had observed the country's most important holiday at its favorite playland.
From Time Magazine Archive
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