| 单词 | toy soldier |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoy soldier toy soldier n. a small model of a soldier; also figurative (depreciative) a soldier regarded as inferior or insignificant. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > other figures > [noun] > toy soldier toy soldier1828 soldier1878 1828 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. Suppl. No. 384/2 The groups of Toy Soldiers—and the head pieces of the Cobbler and his Wife—all excellent. 1850 C. Dickens Christmas Tree in Househ. Words 21 Dec. 291/2 The lazy-tongs that used to bear the toy soldiers. 1898 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 10 Mar. 6/7 The more sensible view that Government had adopted lately of looking upon the reserve forces as useful British men, and not merely ‘toy soldiers’. 1922 M. Arlen ‘Piracy’ iii. xi. 232 Poor Hugo..has gone clucking back for to be a toy soldier at Aldershot. 1980 Listener 19 June 796/1 A shopful of toy soldiers cast from the same lead mould. 2020 Agassiz-Harrison (Brit. Columbia) Observer (Nexis) 16 Jan. (Final ed.) (Opinion section) I had about 1,000 toy soldiers, lining them up in battle formations and fighting battles I never heard of, but which my ancestors had fought. < as lemmas |
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