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Plaything means A thing or person intended for playing with..
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/ˈpleɪ.θɪŋ/ · noun
A thing or person intended for playing with..
1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma. They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.
[S]he haſtily retired, taking with her her little Girl, whoſe Eyes were all over blubbered at the melancholy News ſhe heard of Jones, who uſed to call her his little Wife, and not only gave her many Playthings, but ſpent whole Hours in playing with her himſelf.
O Lord of seven skies, whose plaything is the thunder, thou art amongst the gods, what need hast thou for words from any man?
We talk of our energies and of our will—we are the mere playthings of subtle and malignant chances.
Like the cards which form a child's plaything palace, our pleasures are nicely balanced one upon the other.
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Plaything means A thing or person intended for playing with..
Common synonyms include toy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma. They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.
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