PLAYMATE in a Sentence

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Oliver felt glad to see him, before he went; for, though younger than himself, he had been his little friend and playmate.

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 Meanings and Examples of PLAYMATE
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playmate
 n.  a companion at play
Classic Sentence:
1  He had been their childhood playmate and had been given to the twins for their own on their tenth birthday.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  They had known her for years, and, since their childhood, she had been a favorite playmate, for she could ride horses and climb trees almost as well as they.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  But it was too much trouble to explain to Kennicott's kindly stubbornness that she was a practical housekeeper as well as a flighty playmate.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  I wish my favorite playmate Kitty Bryant to have the blue silk apron and my gold-bead ring with a kiss.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINETEEN
5  Aunt Dodo was chief playmate and confidante of both children, and the trio turned the little house topsy-turvy.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
6  The light lingered about the lonely child, as if glad of such a playmate, until her mother had drawn almost nigh enough to step into the magic circle too.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
7  Oliver felt glad to see him, before he went; for, though younger than himself, he had been his little friend and playmate.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  On receiving Boris' letter he rode with a fellow officer to Olmutz, dined there, drank a bottle of wine, and then set off alone to the Guards' camp to find his old playmate.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII
9  For the first time the young man recognized his dark boyhood playmate, and John knew that it was the Judge's son.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XIII
10  She knew that from childhood playmates grew beaux in later years, and the first duty of a girl was to get married.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
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