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playpieces

playpieces is the plural of playpiece.

Meaning of playpiece

Noun

playpiece (plural playpieces)

  1. (Scotland) A snack taken by a child to school to be eaten at playtime.
    • She was jealous of me going though, wanted to see the inside of the Laverys' house for herself, and was in a bad mood with me for the whole of the following day at school. She had three chocolate digestives for her playpiece and wouldn’t give me one.1989, Joan Lingard, Sisters by Rite, →ISBN, page 29
  2. Synonym of game piece.
    • There is no on-off switch here, because the computer is activated only when playpieces are pressed onto the peg-detection panel.1981, Howard Blumenthal, The Complete Guide to Electronic Games, →ISBN, page 106
    Synonyms:
    game piece

Questions about playpieces

What is playpieces the plural of?
Playpieces is the plural of playpiece.

Words near playpieces in the dictionary

  1. playpark
  2. playparks
  3. playpen
  4. playpens
  5. playpiece
  6. playpieces
  7. playpipe
  8. playpipes
  9. playplace
  10. playplaces
  11. playreader

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