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

World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.

From The Daily Beast

In the old days, of course, he would have taken a taxi off to a decent toyshop and chosen them something in five minutes.

From Project Gutenberg

She had seen a far, far truer picture of him when she had turned her head towards him in the toyshop.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he went to a toyshop and got a splendid family of fluffy beasts, and a musical box, and a Noah's Ark, and a flute.

From Project Gutenberg

Nothing of the sort happened, however, and he soon found himself before the gay windows of a toyshop.

From Project Gutenberg

He was jealous, too, of the toyshop keepers who were selling their handsome wares.

From Project Gutenberg