play house

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So imagine getting pregnant and you’re feeling like, “Oh my God, does this slow down the revolution? Am I gonna play house with a person that’s ignoring me?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

With a working electric cooker, fridge and running water in the kitchen - as well as tiny pots and pans, food cans and brooms - they could bake cakes and "play house".

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2022

“She dropped everything to move out there and play house aunt,” said their sister, Amanda Drury, 34.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2022

Maki scurried to the school playground and took refuge in a miniature play house until authorities managed to coax him into a transport cage and he returned to the zoo.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Little kids play house; they play war; they play relationships.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green