playlet

noun

play·let | \ ˈplā-lət

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Definition of playlet

: a short play

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The playlets are reminiscent of those empty-calorie short stories from The New Yorker. — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, "Review: ‘Good Muslim’ Highlights a Mixed Bag of One-Acts," 19 June 2017 For the rest of the country, the only way to watch was from afar: on TV — there was no end of channels carrying it live — on a smartphone or computer screen, or unfolding as a playlet, 140 characters at a time, on Twitter. — Mark Z. Barabak, latimes.com, "Stoli, FBI sandwiches and Twitter: Comey testimony on Trump and Russia turns America into one big watch party," 8 June 2017

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play (it) smart

play make-believe

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The first known use of playlet was in 1884

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