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

In one episode Pockets, Giggles and Spin venture to a toyshop, only to find it is in an inaccessible treehouse.

From BBC

The family have been leafing through a toyshop brochure together and discussing which two toys the children might like to have.

From BBC

“The Israelis are arrogant. They want to take everything from us and then they want us to make peace,” said Mohammad Alwan, 49, a toyshop owner in the modest town center.

From Washington Post

Goodsell’s office is down the hall from Olson’s, and it looks something like a toyshop, with shelf after shelf filled with 3D models he has made of molecules.

From Science Magazine

The toyshops of Heidelberg, their wares clearly cobbled together by wood sprites with tiny hammers, begged for a child’s awed gasps.

From New York Times