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Playmate

//ˈpleɪˌmeɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.

    "An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’."

  2. 2
    A woman who has appeared as the centerfold in Playboy magazine.
  3. 3
    a companion at play wordnet
  4. 4
    A person's lover. euphemistic

Etymology

From play + mate. Compare earlier playfeer (“playmate”) of similar construction.

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