Definition of Plaything

1. Noun. An artifact designed to be played with.


Definition of Plaything

1. n. A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.

Definition of Plaything

1. Noun. A thing or person intended for playing with. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plaything

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaything

playsong
playsongs
playspace
playspaces
playstow
playsuit
playsuits
playte
playtes
playtest
playtested
playtester
playtesters
playtesting
playtests
plaything (current term)
playthings
playthrough
playthroughs
playtimes
playtoy
playtoys
playwear
playwork
playworker
playworkers
playwright
playwrighting
playwrightings

Literary usage of Plaything

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Friedrich Froebel's Education by Development: The Second Part of the by Friedrich Fröbel (1899)
"And yet for the genuine educator, the ball is just as necessarily given as the first plaything for the child, as the spherical form of the earth is for r ..."

2. Friedrich Froebel's Pedagogics of the Kindergarten: Or, His Ideas Concerning by Friedrich Fröbel, Josephine Jarvis (1895)
"THE SECOND plaything OF THE CHILD. (See Plate II. ... only the child will also retain for the ball as his beloved plaything an uninterrupted affection. ..."

3. Friedrich Froebel's Education by Development: The Second Part of the by Friedrich Fröbel (1899)
"And yet for the genuine educator, the ball is just as necessarily given as the first plaything for the child, as the spherical form of the earth is for r ..."

4. Friedrich Froebel's Pedagogics of the Kindergarten: Or, His Ideas Concerning by Friedrich Fröbel, Josephine Jarvis (1895)
"THE SECOND plaything OF THE CHILD. (See Plate II. ... only the child will also retain for the ball as his beloved plaything an uninterrupted affection. ..."

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