α. pre-1700 playak, pre-1700 playok, 1700s– plack, 1700s– playock, 1800s plaick, 1800s plaik, 1800s playack, 1800s playke, 1800s playuck, 1800s– playick.
β. pre-1700 plague, pre-1700 plaige, pre-1700 playg, pre-1700 1700s– plaig.
playockn.
/ˈpleɪək/, U.S. /ˈpleɪək/, Scottish English /ˈpleək/ Scottish.
A plaything, a toy.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > [noun]
beaubeletc1205
juelet1340
trifle1375
geara1400
gaudc1430
jape1436
playing thing1440
baublea1475
playock1508
gewgawa1529
toy?1565
gay1577
gambol1579
ruggle1598
frolic1650
playthinga1674
wally1692
sporting-piece1740
playferea1774
play material1897
play-pretty1905
1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 137 For mending of the Princis playg of silvir.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. vi. l. 588 Westymentis, bukis, and othir ma Plesand playokis [a1500 Nero phialis], he gave alsua.
1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Crepundia, bairnes plagues.
1610 Brechin Test. II. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 82 Ane boist full of bearnis plaigis sundrie sortis.
1711 R. Wodrow Corr. (1842) I. 227 Send me word..what placks to buy for Mary.
1817 Carlop Green in R. Brown Comic Poems 132 Here are packmen and hawkers, Sellin' braws tae the crowd, And bonny waulies, and playocks.
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 395 Put half a crown in the hand of each of the poor weans for a playock.
1853 W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 249 Pictures and playicks a thousand and mair.
1890 A. J. Armstrong Ingleside Musings 90 There are wee weans' plaiks laid carefully by.
1914 N. Munro New Road vi ‘If I had only just a decent stick instead of this child's playock!’ said the angler in anguish.
1956 People's Jrnl. 10 Nov. 12 It maun be gran' bein' a littlein' nooadays an' tae hae sic a ch'ice of playicks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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