I could call him a lackey, but the term plaything is even more impersonal. From Wordnik.com. [JULIO SCHERER GARCIA INTERVIEW WITH CASTRO] Reference
Nobody cares much for that kind of plaything at close range. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
The three spent an hour discussing the new "plaything," as Mr. Norwood insisted upon calling it. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
Woman sues, says NY school used her as 'plaything'. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Woman sues, says N.Y. school used her as 'plaything'. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The word, "plaything," was almost the only word they could understand. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of the Story-Teller] Reference
Darwinism, which seemed so important to his fellows, was only the same kind of plaything of the mind as the creation in six days. From Wordnik.com. [Voskresenie. English] Reference
The telephone had now become a kind of plaything, and Hillard often found him in front of it, patiently waiting for the bell to ring. From Wordnik.com. [The Lure of the Mask] Reference
But sometimes you have to stop and think: as they morph inexorably from 'plaything' to 'absolute necessity', have they evolved too far?. From Wordnik.com. [PC Podcast with Pete Cogle] Reference
A "plaything" of the sort that children have less use for because they can do little with it. From Wordnik.com. [Vocational Guidance for Girls] Reference
What right had that man to treat her as his plaything?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I bought, a few days ago, a plaything for my small boy. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
You are a plaything for her only, and shall never be more. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Bird] Reference
Just the girl he knocked up and the amusing plaything: me, his son. From Wordnik.com. [Blackballed] Reference
On the contrary, he had been the plaything of agitation and weakness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I will be the plaything of chance, and risk my lot for better or worse. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
And I will not be the plaything of a moment, to be cast aside the next. From Wordnik.com. [The Substance of a Dream] Reference
The fortunate ones become child brides, or the plaything of a sugar-daddy. From Wordnik.com. [10 Million Orphans] Reference
Where he had got it she did not know, but always it had been his plaything. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Ann here: So essentially your position is that I should be Robert's plaything?. From Wordnik.com. [Envy the book] Reference
"I want it!" shouted Herbert, stretching up his arms for the flashing plaything. From Wordnik.com. [Four Days The Story of a War Marriage] Reference
She could not see a new plaything in Florent's hands without sulking immediately. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Better give it to him at once -- the plaything will the sooner be thrown aside! '. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
You're nine feet tall and the world's your plaything, when you're up on dream dust. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
And they grovel before me on the floor, placing all this plaything of a meal at my feet. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
What a magnificent plaything it was, and how well calculated to excite their imagination!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Yet it is man's plaything, and a spectacle at public shows, and learns to dance and kneel. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Yves treats my wife as if she were a plaything, and continually assures me that she is charming. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Disdain me, if you wish, if one can disdain an unfortunate creature who is the plaything of life. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When he had gotten them in the habit of indulging him, he began to cry for the sun as a plaything. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Eskimo Tales] Reference
Starting mid-September, Haystack Toys will go on a nine-city tour hunting for the next great American plaything. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Partnership ploys: One popular plaything today: a family limited partnership that acquires your business or investments. From Wordnik.com. [O.J.: Follow The Money?] Reference
I should respect her as a child committed to my care; I should take her for what she is: a fantastic and charming plaything. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As Micka has no means to look after it and no experience of empathy, the live plaything meets a protractedly distressing end. From Wordnik.com. [First novels] Reference
Catholicism, that grand thing, should serve as a plaything for the daughter of a pirate who aims at an aristocratic marriage. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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