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play pretties

play pretties is the plural of play pretty.

Meaning of play pretty

Noun

play pretty (plural play pretties)

  1. (Southern US) A toy.
    • “Honey, did I ever tell you the story of the old mountain man who took the money his wife had saved for the children's Christmas play pretties and—Oh, I bet I've boiled that hen to death!”2003, David Madden, edited by Dean Faulkner Wells, The New Great American Writers Cookbook, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 134

Questions about play pretties

What is play pretties the plural of?
Play pretties is the plural of play pretty.

Words near play pretties in the dictionary

  1. play party
  2. play pendulum
  3. play place
  4. play politics
  5. play possum
  6. play pretties
  7. play pretty
  8. play pussy
  9. play room
  10. play rooms
  11. play safe

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