plaything (ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ
)
Definitions
noun
- a toy
- a person regarded or treated as a toy ⇒
he thinks she is just his plaything
Usage examples
I was kinder to Hap's things, knowing that a spinning top, long outgrown as a plaything , could still have meaning to him.
, THE GOLDEN FOOL: Book Two of the Tawny Man (2002)National art galleries were not intended to be the plaything of the middle classes.
Spiked (2004)Nova 106.9 has just signed Brisbane stand-up comic and occasional radio plaything Jamie Row, pictured.
Courier, Sunday Mail (2005)Perhaps that is the kind of plaything which might stop the insatiable Penny disturbing Rod's sleep.
Sun, News of the World (2002)", did not dare challenge him, did not dare turn the Poet into their plaything by demanding more.
, Turning the Page: Essays, Memoirs, Fiction, Poetry and One Sermon (1993)