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play-play
(play-play)
South African
informal
adjective
[
attributive
]
not genuine; make-believe:
they’re at the age when they want more than a play-play watch
verb
[
no object
]
engage in make-believe:
[
with clause
]
:
I could play-play I was a beach boy
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