Playmate
['pleɪmeɪt] or ['plemet]
Definition
(n.) A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
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Examples
- Aunt Dodo was chief playmate and confidante of both children, and the trio turned the little house topsy-turvy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Shirley made him her pet, and he made Shirley his playmate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I wish my favorite playmate Kitty Bryant to have the blue silk apron and my gold-bead ring with a kiss. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I thought perhaps they might not object to have her as a playmate, and therefore encouraged the attempt. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Ah, Victor, be assured that your cousin and playmate has too sincere a love for you not to be made miserable by this supposition. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Oliver felt glad to see him, before he went; for, though younger than himself, he had been his little friend and playmate. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You and Graham were once playmates. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Many of them had been Alfred's playmates, before they became his school-fellows. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We can't be little playmates any longer, but we will be brother and sister, to love and help one another all our lives, won't we, Laurie? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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