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playday

playday noun: a day devoted to play or fun.

Noun

playday (plural playdays)

  1. A day devoted to play or fun.
    • July 28 1728, Jonathan Swift, My Lady's Lamentation and Complaint against the Dean
      To ease a poor lady,
      And beg her a playday.
      So may you be seen
      No more in the spleen!

Forms of playday

pluralplaydays

Origin of playday

From play + day.

Questions about playday

What does playday mean?
Playday means a day devoted to play or fun.
What part of speech is playday?
Playday is a noun.
What is the plural of playday?
The plural of playday is playdays.

Words near playday in the dictionary

  1. playcounts
  2. playcraft
  3. playd
  4. playdate
  5. playdates
  6. playday
  7. playdays
  8. Playden
  9. Playdens
  10. playdoh
  11. Playdon

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