English Dictionary

Definition of “plaything

plaything (ˈpleɪˌθɪŋPronunciation for plaything

Definitions

noun

  1. a toy
  2. 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.
    Robin Hobb, 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.
    MacLehose, Christopher (ed.), Turning the Page: Essays, Memoirs, Fiction, Poetry and One Sermon (1993)

Browse dictionary