Meanings
nounplayock (plural playocks)
plural playocks
- UKdialectalobsoleteA plaything; a toy.
[…] I would therefore like if you will lend her a note, and ye may put half-a-crown in the hand of each of the poor weans for a playock, — for she's a proud spirit, and will bear much before she complain.
1936, John Galt, David Storrar Meldrum, William Roughead, The Works of John Galt
Origin
From play + -ock. Cognate with Scots playok (“toy”).
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playock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playock
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“playock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playock. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playock.
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