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PLAYGOING
Etymology
Noun
playgoing (uncountable)
Attendance at the performance of plays.
Adjective
playgoing (not comparable)
Attending plays.
The playgoing public will be sad to learn of the theatre's impending closure.
Source: Wiktionary
Play"go`ing, a.
Definition: Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.
– n.
Definition: The practice of going to plays.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BREAK
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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