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Meaning of playpiece | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈpleɪ.piːs/

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 […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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