toyshop
Americannoun
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toyshops
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Origin of toyshop
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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
After a few questions, it emerges that what Georgette has is a kind of online toyshop, like a wedding list but for kids.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2011
Papa said, "Never mind: we will go into the toyshop, and I dare say we shall find something that will console you for your disappointment."
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Mary Lamb
This Christmas for the first time "cheap" toys Made in Germany will be relatively dear in British toyshops.
From Time Magazine Archive
The new beaux and the old ones began to buy modish habits and periwigs, adorn themselves with new sword and shoulder knots, and trifle over the latest essences offered in the toyshops.
From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Buck and Chaff had been round the toyshops together.
From The Story of Louie by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
Nothing better has happened to me since I used to be taken to look at the toyshops the day before Christmas.
From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
How utterly we despise the silly little bricks of the toyshops!
From Floor Games; a companion volume to "Little Wars" by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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