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Meanings of pretty plaything in English

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Usage of pretty plaything in English
1
It was a pretty plaything at first, but it can be naughty and troublesome.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
2
The pretty plaything dipped and danced a moment, while the light wavered but still lived.
In Exile, and Other Stories
3
Beside London Paris becomes a toy, a pretty plaything.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
4
It is not a pretty plaything for little girls!
The Red Axe
5
The bright-colored ball which Flossie had taken from her pocket was a pretty plaything, and the baby crowed with delight.
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times
6
The king's daughter was overjoyed when she beheld her pretty plaything again, picked it up, and ran away with it.
The Little Lame Prince
7
He also invented the magic-lantern; that pretty plaything of modern days, which acquired for him a reputation that embittered his life.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3
8
The King's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it.
Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
9
She is very beautiful, and I can understand in part Guy's infatuation, though at times he hardly knows what to do with his pretty plaything.
Miss McDonald
10
Pretty playthings, indeed, for you to give a boy like him!
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
11
They are pretty playthings, and in the country I came from many people are fond of them.
Ten Boys from History
12
He would sit by the half hour making tops, and whistles, and all sorts of pretty playthings.
A Child's Anti-Slavery Book / Containing a Few Words about Ameri...
13
They are pretty playthings enough, and in the Country I came from many people are fond of them.
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals / In Two Volumes, V...
14
Pretty playthings to give a child!
Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
15
"That's a pretty plaything to have away back here in the woods."
Field and Forest; Or, The Fortunes of a Farmer
16
"Then you are not amused with all these pretty playthings, my son?"
Hortense / Makers of History Series
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