"play-play" meaning in English

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          "text": "Don't play-play hor. ― Don't play around, alright?",
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          "ref": "2009, Jean Tay, Boom, Epigram Books, Act I, scene iv",
          "text": "[…] Don’t play play... This is not your basic luxury condo. […]",
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        "To mess around; to play around."
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          "play around"
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