Meaning

2 senses
  1. A thing or person intended for playing with.

  2. A person at the mercy of fate.

More definitions
  • an artifact designed to be played with

Examples

8 sentences
  1. That child put his playthings away.

    deJenes Kind hat seine Spielsachen weggeräumt.

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  2. Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

    deMüßigkeit ist aller Laster Anfang.

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  3. Idle hands are the devil's plaything.

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  4. You must not deprive children of their playthings.

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  5. The mind is nothing but a plaything of the body.

    deDer Geist ist nichts weiter als ein Spielzeug des Körpers.

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Origin

From play + thing.

From play + thing.

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Forms

plural: playthings
Singularplaything
Pluralplaythings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an artifact designed to be played with:toy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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