| 单词 | toy retailer |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoy retailer b. With participles, agent nouns, or verbal nouns, forming compounds in which toy expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in toy dealer, toy-making, toy retailer, etc.Now chiefly in sense 7a; in early use also in senses 6a or 6c. ΚΠ 1778 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 21 Aug. All the genuine Stock in Trade of Mr. George Bentley,..Hardwareman and Toy Dealer; consisting of variety of London, Sheffield and Birmingham ware. 1779 H. D. Steel Portable Instr. purchasing Drugs & Spices 11 For any purpose but toy-making it [sc. azure] is most valuable the less it has of these variegations. 1830 B. Disraeli Let. 20 Aug. (1982) I. 148 Some travelling toy dealers from Malag. 1959 Times 24 Feb. 13/4 A toy making factory..for the manufacture of fibreglass toys, kiddy cars, and rocking horses. 1993 Model & Collectors Mart Nov. 20/1 No true toy collector can afford to miss the NEC show! 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Aug. 27/2 Toy retailers who..brought to market G.I. Joe figures that they had customized. < as lemmas |
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