playlet

[ pley-lit ]

noun

1. a short play.

playlet

/ ˈpleɪlɪt /

noun

1. a short play

Word History and Origins

Origin of playlet¹

First recorded in 1880–85; play + -let

Example Sentences

My quaint New England spinster is gone and with her all the point of my playlet.

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Recent poetry manifests the same tendency, and likewise the drama, particularly the closet drama and the playlet.

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The literary playlet, so popular just now, uses the ghostly in many ways.

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His mental playlet no longer closed with James Holden standing alone before the Bench.

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A young fellow up in New Hampshire has written a Vaudeville playlet and sent it on for my approval.

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