playock

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English

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Etymology

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From play +‎ -ock. Cognate with Scots playok (“toy”).

Noun

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playock (plural playocks)

  1. (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.
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