playfellow
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- noun
- /ˈpleɪˌfɛloʊ/
- Archaic
- He watches Tadzio scuffle in the dry sand of the Lido with his heftier playfellow, Jaschiu.
Examples
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be familiar with my playfellow, your hand!
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And these shall be your playfellows.
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And in the wood, where often you and I upon faint primrose-beds were wont to lie, emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet, there my lysander and myself shall meet; farewell, sweet playfellow:
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A conversation with Oakeshott on philosophy might take many unexpected turns and last for long hours, or might, as he put it in one of his essays, be "put by for another day but never concluded... with the participants as playfellows moved, not by a belief in the evanescence of error and imperfection but only by their loyalty and affection for one another."
Academic text (1991) -
Observing Cokes's ridiculous interaction with the puppets, Winwife wryly remarks, "Look, yonder's your Cokes gotten in among his playfellows;
Academic text (2003) -
At the playground, I enjoyed laughing and playing with my playfellow all afternoon.
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When school ended, she and her playfellow rode their bikes to the park together.
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Every Saturday, he had a playfellow over to build forts and play games in the backyard.
Synonyms
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A person who plays with someone else, usually a child
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Morphology
Etymology
Playfellow comes from the two simple parts play and fellow, where play means 'to take part in games' and fellow means 'a companion', as in 'fellow student'. So a playfellow is literally someone you play with, especially a child friend.