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