Playock
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A plaything; a toy. UK, dialectal, obsolete
"[…] I would therefore like if you will lend her a note, and ye may put half-a-crown in the hand of each of the poor weans for a playock, — for she's a proud spirit, and will bear much before she complain."
Example
More examples"[…] I would therefore like if you will lend her a note, and ye may put half-a-crown in the hand of each of the poor weans for a playock, — for she's a proud spirit, and will bear much before she complain."
Etymology
From play + -ock. Cognate with Scots playok (“toy”).
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