Plaything
['pleɪθɪŋ] or ['pleθɪŋ]
Definition
(n.) A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
Typist: Xavier
Examples
- It was, that Dora seemed by one consent to be regarded like a pretty toy or plaything. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We no longer look on this dearest part of ourselves, as a tender plant which we must cherish, or a plaything for an idle hour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Was not Thuvia for fifteen years a plaything and a slave? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- What your broken plaything is as to birth, I am. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It is better for the poor little plaything to die so, than to live. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A dashing way he had of treating me like a plaything, was more agreeable to me than any behaviour he could have adopted. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If I am a plaything for you giants, be gentle with me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In progress of time, I also became a father, and our little darlings, our playthings and delights, called forth a thousand new and delicious feelings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They have brought the whole coach full of playthings for the children. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Do ye suppose they really be the devil's playthings, Mr. Wildeve? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Werner's father was an overseer of iron-works, and furnished his son with mineral specimens as playthings before the chil d could pronounce their names. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typed by Jennifer