Read full poem →But, besides the title and situation failing to prove which the comedies were, the poea
itself afibrds no proof that Beaumont was then writing any play at all. The words
Dictionary Entry
To pretend to be a different person while playing a game.
In a Sentence
“So we played at being pirates for a while.”
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Poetry examples for “play at”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Or wander’d down the lane with many a mate
To play at see-saw on the pasture-gate,
Or on the threshold of some cottage sat
Read full poem →That sears and tortures
If you play at the game."
I once knew a teacher
Read full poem →For he knew better how to live.
Let Paudeens play at pitch and toss,
Look up in the sun's eye and give