1896 12 Sept. 3/2 Such is the curious novel piece of work—a scholar's play-task—which will be produced authentically and precisely.
1977 (Nexis) 6 Nov. a21 Tsunechika Mimura..toddled down a narrow plank in his playroom..and as instructed by a teacher, picked up three red apples. It was a good performance of a play-task the two-year-old had been practicing for weeks.