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toyshop

American  
[toi-shop] / ˈtɔɪˌʃɒp /

noun

  1. an establishment where toys are sold and sometimes also manufactured.


Etymology

Origin of toyshop

First recorded in 1790–1800; toy + shop

Example Sentences

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In one episode Pockets, Giggles and Spin venture to a toyshop, only to find it is in an inaccessible treehouse.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2023

The family have been leafing through a toyshop brochure together and discussing which two toys the children might like to have.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2022

Our local toyshop is neatly divided into two aisles, one with building sets and model trains and games, the other with Barbies and princess dresses.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2014

Featuring the anarchic English literature don Gervase Fen, the mystery gets under way when a visiting poet finds a dead body in a toyshop in the middle of the night.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010

She didn't smile in the toyshop; that was a different kind of look altogether.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

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