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plaything::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | toy |
| Type of | artefact, artifact |
| Has types | ball, balloon, catapult, cockhorse, dandle board, doll, doll's house, dollhouse, dolly, frisbee, hobby, hobbyhorse, hula-hoop, jack-in-the-box, jumping jack, jungle gym, kaleidoscope, kite, lego, lego set, meccano, meccano set, pea shooter, pinata, pinwheel, pinwheel wind collector, playground slide, playhouse, pogo stick, popgun, rattle, rocking horse, sandbox, sandpile, sandpit, seesaw, slide, sliding board, sling, slingshot, spinning top, squirt gun, squirter, stick horse, swing, teddy, teddy bear, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, teetotum, tilting board, top, train set, water gun, water pistol, wendy house, whirligig, yo-yo |
Examples of plaything
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It has become the plaything of bien pensants propagating the latest orthodoxies.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Caring for a borrowed plaything helped build character, she said more than once.
From the latimes.com
However, Enzo was only interested in her money and resented being her plaything.
From the express.co.uk
Her favourite plaything is her bright orange ball, which is over half her size.
From the bbc.co.uk
It seems, though, that dirt is seriously undervalued as a plaything these days.
From the sacbee.com
Of those two teams, the one that clearly is the plaything of the gods is Chicago.
From the newsobserver.com
He's not a real Space Ranger, he can't fly, and his only value is as a plaything.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
When I was a student in the early 1990s, the phrase was still a liberal plaything.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Simple concept proves a winner and morphs into the ultimate executive's plaything.
From the guardian.co.uk
- An artifact designed to be played with
- Plaything is a song by American singer Rebbie Jackson, the first single from her third album R U Tuff Enuff. It reached #8 on the US R&B chart, making it her second biggest hit on that chart after 1984's Centipede.
- Supernatural is a paranormal drama television series, created by Eric Kripke, that follows brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) as they travel throughout the United States hunting supernatural creatures. Their main adversaries throughout the series are demons. ...
- A thing or person intended for playing with
