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单词 play date
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play daten.

Brit. /ˈpleɪ deɪt/, U.S. /ˈpleɪ ˌdeɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., date n.2
Etymology: < play n. + date n.2
Originally U.S.
1. A scheduled performance of a play, film, concert, etc.; (also) the date or time allotted for such a performance.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > time or duration of performance
showtime1893
running time1912
play date1915
1915 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 18 Jan. 2/5 The play date here is set for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday matinee.
1927 Times 1 Feb. (Suppl.) p. xxi/4 For British producers so few play dates are left open that it has been found necessary..to ‘buy off’ American films in order to secure exhibition.
1974 B. Hoddeson Porn People iii. 39/2 Hoddeson. About how many play dates does each of your pictures get? Steinman. With our adult pictures it ranges from 1,500 play dates to 2,500 play dates.
2003 Chicago Tribune 24 Aug. v. 6/3 On a Web site touting Chicago local bands, 986 groups post play dates and contact information.
2. A social engagement arranged so that children may play together.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > gatherings for specific activity
apple paring1656
house raising1704
quilting1768
bee1769
sing-song1769
reading party1781
rocking1786
cotton-picking1795
rolling1819
picking bee1828
candy pulling1834
candy pull1845
taffy-join1854
barn-raising1856
taffy pulling1863
coffee shop1880
log-rolling1883
taffy pull1883
petting party1920
play date1975
1975 Washington Post 13 June b6/2 Last Saturday my 7-year-old daughter had a play-date with a little friend.
1986 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. xxii. 30/1 We arrange appointments for ‘play dates’, usually three weeks in advance. My daughter's crowded calendar could be the envy of any socialite.
1994 Today's Parent (Electronic ed.) June 78 If your child's preschool social visits were..limited to the children of your friends and neighbours, his new play dates with families you've never met can sometimes cause..anxiety.
2002 R. Peters Laying down Law 191 Many children go through a period of feeling alone... Help to begin or cement new friendships by contacting some classmates' parents to set up playdates.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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