playpiece /ˈpleɪ.piːs/ noun2 •(Scotland) A snack taken by a child to school to be eaten at playtime.They would hunker down in a corner of the schoolyard at playtimes and he would give Betty whatever was left over from the night before, or whatever he had been given for a playpiece. — 2002 •Synonym of game piece.There is no on-off switch here, because the computer is activated only when playpieces are pressed onto the peg-detection panel. — 1981 formsplaypieces