playock
English edit
Etymology edit
From play + -ock. Cognate with Scots playok (“toy”).
Noun edit
playock (plural playocks)
- (obsolete, UK dialectal) A plaything; a toy.
- 1936, John Galt, David Storrar Meldrum, William Roughead, The Works of John Galt:
- […] 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.