Tinkertoy
/ˈtiNGkərˌtoi
/noun trademark
A children’s building toy consisting of pieces held together by pegs in holes.This space station looks like a Tinkertoy assembly of one 88-meter-long beam, with four wing-like power panels at each end, and a collection of centrally mounted cylinders - the modules....
- It may yet click its way to victory after victory, a monument to the Tinkertoy dreams of childhood.
- In time, we outgrew Tinkertoy and moved to greater challenges like Lincoln Logs or Erector Sets.
- take something ill
- take something in
- take something in good part
- take something in hand
- take something in one's stride (also take something in stride)
- take something into account (or take account of)
- take something kindly
- take something lying down
- take something off
- take something on
- take something on board
- take something out
- take something out on
- take something over
- take something personally
- take something to heart
- take something to the next level
- take something under advisement
- take something up
- take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt
- take stock
- take that!
- take the air
- take the biscuit (or take the cake)
- take the bread out of (or from) people's mouths