playgame

plural playgames

1. archaicThe play of children.

   It is a part of their playgame. They have everything they ask.

   1922, Lady Gregory, Wonder and the Supernatural

   2 more examples

   And it is that liberty alone, which gives the true relish and delight to their ordinary play-games.

   1693, [John Locke], “§76”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC

   Then fall they to cry, to weep, and to torment themselves, as little children that have lost their playgame.

   1592, Philippe de Mornay, translated by Mary Sidney, A Discourse of Life and Death