"playock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: playocks [plural]
Etymology: From play + -ock. Cognate with Scots playok (“toy”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|play|ock}} play + -ock, {{cog|sco|playok||toy}} Scots playok (“toy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} playock (plural playocks)
  1. (obsolete, UK dialectal) A plaything; a toy. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-playock-en-noun-KPd0P8fE Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ock

Inflected forms

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