Playfellow
[plei,felәu]
Definition
(n.) A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.
Editor: Verna
Examples
- It's the parting from her old playfellow and friend--her favourite cousin--that has done this. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- From this time Elizabeth Lavenza became my playfellow, and, as we grew older, my friend. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Yet you must die; you, my playfellow, my companion, my more than sister. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Have you any message for your old playfellow, Miss Garth? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But when Mr. Bhaer came, Jo neglected her playfellows, and dismay and desolation fell upon their little souls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- We were affectionate playfellows during childhood, and, I believe, dear and valued friends to one another as we grew older. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Our ages were nearly the same, and from our earliest years we were playfellows and friends. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Typist: Randall