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ˈtoy-shop
1. A shop for the sale of trinkets, knick-knacks, or small ornamental articles; a fancy shop. arch.
1693W. Freke Sel. Ess. xxxii. 201 Are not these..fitter for a Toy-shop, than a Wise Man's Head? 1711Addison Spect. No. 10 ⁋6 If they [women] make an Excursion to a Mercer's or a Toy-shop. 1712Ibid. No. 499 ⁋5 Ribbons, brocades, embroidery,..sufficient to have furnished a whole street of toy-shops. 1791Boswell Johnson 28 Apr. an. 1778, We stopped again at Wirgman's, the well-known toy-shop,..he sent for me to..help him to choose a pair of silver buckles. 1852[see 3].
2. A shop for the sale of toys or playthings.
1796Boston Directory 232 Butler, Mary, crockery and toy shop. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. vi, These booths have degenerated into mere toy-shops, where the little loiterers..are..enchanted by the rich display of hobby-horses, babies, and Dutch toys. 1858Lytton What will he do i. xvi, Lionel could not find in the toyshops of the village a doll good enough. 1886C. E. Pascoe Lond. of To-day xl. (ed. 3) 347 A toy shop, crowded with all sorts of interesting playthings.
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1813Theatrical Inquisitor II. 124 Her arms..drop inanimate like the..limbs of a toy-shop harlequin. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xxii, Such..as was never before seen or heard of out of a toy-shop window. 1852Thackeray Esmond iii. vi, Esmond found the antechamber crowded with milliners and toyshop women..mercers' men with hangings, and velvets, and brocades. |