toy boy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The TOTYs are divided into several “of the year” categories, including: activity toy, boy toy, educational toy, game, girl toy, infant/toddler toy, innovative toy, outdoor toy, preschool toy, and specialty toy.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2012
When it was done, he placed a toy boy inside it and then asked, "Who will take care of the little boy?"
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2010
For ages, Spielberg was dismissed as the original toy boy of films--a movie machine, a thrill technician.
From Time Magazine Archive
Take the matter of casting, for one: as the fearsome ruler, a miniskirted Colin Farrell wears a blond rug and an Irish lilt with all the aplomb of a manic-depressive toy boy.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'm a toy boy," he faltered, "and G. W. is a live soldier!"
From A Little Dusky Hero by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
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