Meaning of playpiece | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A snack taken by a child to school to be eaten at playtime.
   Scotland
2. Synonym of game piece.

Examples

“She was jealous of me going though, wanted to see⟳ the inside of the Laverys' house for herself, and was in a bad mood with me for the whole of the following day at school. She had three chocolate digestives for her playpiece and wouldn’t give⟳ me one.”

“They would hunker down in a corner of the schoolyard at playtimes and he would give⟳ Betty whatever was left over from the night before, or whatever he had been given for a playpiece.”

“There were also the 'playpieces' you took to school, although, to confuse⟳ the issue⟳ slightly, a playpiece didn't always have⟳ to include⟳ a bread sandwich. It could simply be a chocolate biscuit tucked into your leather satchel to be enjoyed at morning break⟳ along with the carton of free milk.”

“There is no on-off switch⟳ here, because the computer is activated only when playpieces are pressed onto the peg-detection panel.”

“He kicked at the fallen playpieces and added, with a smile⟳ that bore no malice, "It can't be any more useless than trying to teach⟳ a thick-skulled foreigner this noble game."”

“An educational board⟳ game comprising a game apparatus including: […] a plurality of playpieces, each playpiece being adapted to be placed on a space on said travel⟳ path […]”

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