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Playboy
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playboy play-boy
English
Proper noun
A brand of adult magazines introduced in the United States.
Derived terms
en Playboy bunny
Translations
the adult magazine
Bulgarian: bg Пле́йбой n
German: de Playboy m
Japanese: ja プレイボーイ pureibōi
Marathi: mr प्लेबॉय f
Portuguese: pt Playboy f
Noun
A Playboy magazine.
Adjective
Pertaining to a hedonistic philosophy and idealized women with exaggerated sexual characteristics.
en 1998 Jackie Collins Power 34 "More Playboy than us." Salli giggled. "I know. Only joking. I've been on Playboy's cover three times. They adore me." She giggled again.
en 2001 Jesse Ventura Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals 31 And when you take a Playboy interview, where they pump sound bites into the media, it all sounds much harsher than you intended.
en 2004 Inman Majors Wonderdog 180 And ready to do something for the state too. / Do what? / Lead it, says Shade. / He couldn't lead a frat house across the street to the Playboy mansion.
a. 2006, Timothy 'Speed' Levitch, "Wall Street: The Story of What Happened to Our Intimacy", in Alan Kaufman, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays, page 48
There is more history of New York City in a Playboy centerfold than in the entire Encyclopedia of New York or any other academic study of the place.
en Artistic works Periodicals
German
Etymology
de :bor en:playboy
de en playboy.
Pronunciation
de De-Playboy.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,,s
de colloquial playboy (a single man who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure)
2010 Marie Ferrarella Ein Playboy zum Küssen https://books.google.com/books?id=qL-yCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT5 9783863494414 5 HarperCollins de Gloria schnitt eine Grimasse. Bei Jorge waren wirklich Hopfen und Malz verloren. Er würde sein Leben lang ein Playboy bleiben.
2014 Isabelle Wallon Bleib heute Nacht bei mir: Ein Romantic-Kiss-Roman - Band 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfYQBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT107 9783955208042 107 dotbooks de Wenn man den Berichten nämlich Glauben schenken durfte, dann war Frank Kerrigan im Jetset von Cincinnati die Nummer eins. Und ein Playboy sollte er ebenfalls sein, der ständig hinter allem her war, was Röcke trug. If the reports were to be believed, Frank Kerrigan was number one on the Cincinnati jet set. And he would also be a playboy who was always after anything wearing a skirt.
2015 Jon Lee Anderson Che - Die Biographie https://books.google.com/books?id=oaUvBgAAQBAJ&pg=PP31 9783843710855 Ullstein Ebooks de »Der Vater führte sich auf wie ein Playboy«, erinnert sich Tatiana Quiroga, eine Freundin der Guevara-Kinder. »... wenn er gearbeitet und Geld verdient hatte, gab er alles aus ... indem er sich mit ›jungen Damen‹ traf, denen er Kleider und irgendwelchen Schnickschnack kaufte.
2020 Eva Bolsani Ein Playboy für Valentina https://books.google.com/books?id=D88NEAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 9783751993579 46 BoD – Books on Demand de Das war doch nicht Maximilian Wolff, angesehener Galerist, international geschätzter Kunstdetektiv und bekannter Playboy?!
Declension
m,,s