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playboy

[ pley-boi ]

noun

  1. a man who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.


playboy

/ ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ /

noun

  1. a man, esp one of private means, who devotes himself to the pleasures of nightclubs, expensive holiday resorts, female company, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of playboy1

First recorded in 1620–30; play + boy

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Example Sentences

What Happened To Director Martin Brest By Matt Patches, Playboy He directed Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run and, yes, Gigli.

Back in 2001, that “definition” of female beauty basically fell into two categories: Playboy chic, or heroin chic.

VICTORIA VALENTINO (1970) The former Playboy Playmate met Cosby in 1970 at Café Figaro, a restaurant the comedian co-owned.

Before she headlined the Playboy resorts, Joan Rivers was the funny gal in a spirited trio that played in hip nightclubs.

The Playboy publicity posters for the act called them “a spirited trio.”

Thus, for instance, is the question of Synge's Playboy handled.

A Playboy is someone with power, too much time on his hands, and too little sense of a goal worth achieving.

In The Playboy he seemed to be determined to write riotously, like a man straining after vitality.

Following the alluring drumstick, Playboy burst into the passage, towing me after him on the rope.

Well, you're the walking Playboy of the Western World, and that's the poor man you had divided to his breeches belt.

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