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noun Slang: Usually Disparaging.

Also toy boy . a young man noted for his good looks and sexual prowess, especially one who maintains relationships with older, more powerful persons.

a female sex object.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of boy toy

First recorded in 1985–90

This term is usually used with disparaging intent. But it can also be used playfully or affectionately, as when referring to one's lover.

In the 90s, it kept gay men out of leadership roles in the Boy Scouts of America.
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This is Bey and Nicki at their most lyrically masochistic, and boy, is it a treat.
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The former Virginia governor was once the golden boy of the GOP.
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I know that I cannot carry a gun in public and neither can my sons, even if it is a toy.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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You see, I'd always thought of him as the boy whom Great-aunt Lucia described having seen.
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Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
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The same outpourings of affection are seen in the dealings of children with their toy babies and animals.
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A look of passion came into the face of the watching boy, and again he fingered his revolver.
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