toy shop

collocation in English

meaningsoftoyandshop

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withtoy.
toy
noun[C]
uk
/tɔɪ/us
/tɔɪ/
an object for children to ...
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shop
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɒp/us
/ʃɑːp/
UK
a place where you can buy goods ...
See more atshop

(Definition oftoyandshopfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftoy shop

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When he gets to the shops, he goes into thetoyshopand looks at the toys.
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I then went to another shop, it's a littletoyshopit's quite small.
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If there are no children, there is no need for a specialisttoyshop.
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He is like a child in a constitutionaltoyshop, dismantling everything without a clue about how to put it back together.
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One has only to go to atoyshopto see how the imagination of very young children is stirred by this subject.
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Thetoyshopis magical, meaning the toys have a life of their own.
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The undercroft is currently in use as a storeroom for the neighbouringtoyshop.
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The building today is home to a tea shop, atoyshopand a gift shop.
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He worked both in atoyshop, and in a publishing house.
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He apprenticed for atoyshop, where he painted the faces onto dolls.
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After having been unboxed, they discover themselves in atoyshopwhere they befriend a toy elephant and toy seal.
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The new version of the show departed from the original format, centred on the slightly redesigned puppet characters without a presenter running atoyshop.
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The business has survived in various forms to the present day, and at one time was the largesttoyshopin the world.
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Little children could also be seen looting atoyshopas well and mobs were attempting to ram the defenses of banks.
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Down in the village was a set of shops which included the post office, a chemist's, atoyshop, a wool shop and other general stores.
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Originally, a florist and then atoyshop, the building became a minor tourist attraction while the series ran, and from 1997 has housed the business of a dolls-house maker.
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