Definition of PLAYPEN

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No one who owns a pro sports franchise – especially one with a publicly paid-for playpen – should ever be heard complaining about anything money-related. — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Doc's Morning Line: Andrew Luck made a lifestyle choice. Respect it, football fans.," 28 Aug. 2019 There are thick mats to sleep on, showers, playpens for infants and aluminum blankets. — Washington Post, "Top immigration official: Border crossings dropping," 28 June 2019 The associated article includes even more photos of other Valve office zones, including a room full of rare merch and a kid's playpen. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Our favorite gaming studios, expos, museum exhibits—in a photo blowout," 24 Aug. 2019 At Admiralty’s Tamar Park, some people unrolled picnic mats, and one mother brought a playpen. — Time Staff, Time, "Hong Kongers Go on Strike to Support the 'Revolution of Our Time'," 5 Aug. 2019 In a cavernous former warehouse, three toddlers played with uniformed U.S. Coast Guardsmen, tossing colored rings and fitting blocks into a box next to playpens as Border Patrol agents looked on. — Molly Hennessy-fiske, latimes.com, "Border Patrol allows glimpse of embattled Texas facility after reports of dismal conditions," 27 June 2019 The complacent bros who populate Katherine’s writers’ room — headed by a monologue writer named Tom (Reid Scott) — live in a post-Harvard Lampoon playpen of self-amused pomposity and entitlement. — Ann Hornaday, Twin Cities, "In ‘Late Night,’ Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling deliver wit and surprising sweetness," 13 June 2019 Mime’s forest hut boasts an oversize playpen and high chair, and a wall decorated with a child’s drawings, including a large dragon; everything is brightly colored. — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, "‘Siegfried’ Review: Far From Child’s Play," 6 Nov. 2018 Serrano spared the victim’s baby, a then-six-month-old who was left near her mother’s body in a playpen alone for eight hours after the killing. — Robert Gearty, Fox News, "Facebook search cracks cold case murder that sends illegal immigrant to prison," 7 Sep. 2018

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