play house
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He adds that he felt frustrated when he would go out and see more white DJs getting booked to play house music than Black performers, who created and popularized the genre in the 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2024
Once in her own flat she tried her hardest to play house, laughing as she remembers spending her grant on a wall unit and ornaments, because that was what "good people" did.
From BBC • May 26, 2023
“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
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