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Party lines for plaything (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doll

'plaything' is the definition.
(doll is a kind of plaything)

'party lines' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'lines' becomes 'll' (two abbreviations for line).
'do'+'ll'='DOLL'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for doll that I've seen before include "Play figure" , "Toy in human form" , "Small replica of a person" , "Girl's toy" , "Toy baby" .)

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