Definitions

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  • noun An area of free recreation

Etymologies

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play +‎ land

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Examples

  • It looked to be another perfect day in the playland of the ultrarich.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Dying or not, Brooklyn was our despoiled, ramshackle, often darkly mysterious, occasionally downright venal playland.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • It looked to be another perfect day in the playland of the ultrarich.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Dying or not, Brooklyn was our despoiled, ramshackle, often darkly mysterious, occasionally downright venal playland.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • The arched windows looked out onto a lawn that might as well be a miniature golf playland—a little gazebo, a pond, and a trampoline.

    Tell us we’re home Martina Budhos 2010

  • It looked to be another perfect day in the playland of the ultrarich.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Vogue magazine called Las Hadas "a delicious dream ... the world's ultimate playland."

    Bob Schulman: The Magic of Manzanillo 2010

  • Vogue magazine called Las Hadas "a delicious dream ... the world's ultimate playland."

    Bob Schulman: The Magic of Manzanillo 2010

  • This felt so weird, just sticking the food into the hatch for these strange children, sending it on its colorful, musical way into their playland.

    Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010

  • Dying or not, Brooklyn was our despoiled, ramshackle, often darkly mysterious, occasionally downright venal playland.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

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