toyshop

[toi-shop]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of toyshop¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; toy + shop

Example Sentences

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

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

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“The Israelis are arrogant. They want to take everything from us and then they want us to make peace,” said Mohammad Alwan, 49, a toyshop owner in the modest town center.

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Goodsell’s office is down the hall from Olson’s, and it looks something like a toyshop, with shelf after shelf filled with 3D models he has made of molecules.

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The toyshops of Heidelberg, their wares clearly cobbled together by wood sprites with tiny hammers, begged for a child’s awed gasps.

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