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plaything

[ pley-thing ]

noun

  1. a thing to play with; toy.
  2. a person who is used capriciously and selfishly by another.


plaything

/ ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ /

noun

  1. a toy
  2. a person regarded or treated as a toy

    he thinks she is just his plaything



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Word History and Origins

Origin of plaything1

First recorded in 1665–75; play + thing 1

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Example Sentences

In the end, he seems as much the plaything of circumstances as any of the hapless victims of the despised 47%.

Virginia Roberts, now 27, who was Epstein's sexual plaything for several years, told the Mail on Sunday.

Was the handsome young Roberts earning his keep as a sexual plaything for these women?

The three spent an hour discussing the new “plaything,” as Mr. Norwood insisted upon calling it.

In every vessel the men must have a plaything, and Jack served his bigger comrades admirably in that capacity.

Little Tommy was the only creature on earth that loved him,—his only treasure, his only plaything.

It was a dreamer's plaything and I bought it with scant savings that should have been spent on another project.

I put down in haste and with an agitated pen the terrible events of which I have been the plaything for the last few days.

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