playday

American  

[pley-dey] / ˈpleɪˌdeɪ /

noun

1. a day for relaxation or for participation in sports contests; a holiday.

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Etymology

Origin of playday

First recorded in 1595–1605; play + day

Example Sentences

When he had recovered from the effects of his playday Jim was always fervently glad that he had not spent his savings.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

But, ye see, he thinks he's lettin' ye down easy—a-sendin' ye that big check, an' tellin' ye ter take a playday.

From The Road to Understanding by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

Now that school had begun, a whole playday meant more than it did in vacation time, when all days were playdays.

From Marjorie's Busy Days by Wells, Carolyn

If it's just a playday, why didn't he give it to you ter take it tergether, then?

From The Road to Understanding by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

Then, like the weakling that he had become, he stole away for another playday; and again grandmother, with Theodora's and Miss Emmons's connivance, hid the book, this time somewhere in the wagon-house cellar.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)