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toyshop

[ toi-shop ]

/ ˈtɔɪˌʃɒp /

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noun

an establishment where toys are sold and sometimes also manufactured.

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Origin of toyshop

First recorded in 1790–1800; toy + shop

Words nearby toyshop

Toyohashi, toyon, Toyonaka, Toyota, toy poodle, toyshop, toytown, toy-toy, toy with, TP, TPA

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How to use toyshop in a sentence

World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the old days, of course, he would have taken a taxi off to a decent toyshop and chosen them something in five minutes.
The Garden Party|Katherine Mansfield
She had seen a far, far truer picture of him when she had turned her head towards him in the toyshop.
The Tower of Oblivion|Oliver Onions
Then he went to a toyshop and got a splendid family of fluffy beasts, and a musical box, and a Noah's Ark, and a flute.
The Lee Shore|Rose Macaulay

Nothing of the sort happened, however, and he soon found himself before the gay windows of a toyshop.
The Book of Stories for the Storyteller|Fanny E. Coe
He was jealous, too, of the toyshop keepers who were selling their handsome wares.
Mitz and Fritz of Germany|Madeline Brandeis