toy soldier

collocation in English

meaningsoftoyandsoldier

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toy
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tɔɪ/us
/tɔɪ/
belonging or relating to a very small breed of dog that is kept as ...
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soldier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsəʊl.dʒər/us
/ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ/
a person who is in an army and wears its uniform, especially someone who fights when there is ...
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(Definition oftoyandsoldierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftoy soldier

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Toysoldieris less obvious (perhaps because atoysoldieris not actually a soldier in the real sense).
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We first meet him in the wreck of an aeroplane, looking for a particular piece of war refuse a bolt to turn into atoysoldierfor his collection.
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Gendrons painting and thought process has always revolved around using often surprising materials plexiglas, fossils,toysoldier, glitters, sponges.
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They seem to see the world in terms of toy soldiers.
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Let us insist that it puts its toy soldiers away and refuse to play its war games.
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Communities all to one pattern, like boxes of toy soldiers, are things of the past rather than the future.
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This cannot necessarily be said to have developed from a certain amount of conditioning by playing with toy soldiers.
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Here we are, discussing solemnly a proposal to ban toy soldiers by law.
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That is a meaningless exercise—just playing with toy soldiers—unless the prioritisation is clear.
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They will feel more like proper soldiers than toy soldiers, and that is to be commended.
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It had coats of arms, toy soldiers, dolls' houses, a soccer football and racing sticks—the sort of thing that one sits on when tired at a racecourse.
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Those regiments will not be able to achieve the balance between real soldiers and, as it were, toy soldiers which will enable them to do either job properly.
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More unusual finds include beads, buttons, burnt bone, lead toy soldiers, medieval green-glaze pottery and flint.
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The latter are of more recent development and are sometimes called model figures to distinguish them from traditional toy soldiers.
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He then goes outside to the building's hall to play with his toy soldiers with his grandfather.
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He discovers some old toy soldiers in the attic and is surprised and delighted to find that they come to life.
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Guests were offered keepsakes of miniature toy soldiers, babies in plastic bubbles or poetry.
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Unlike the more expensive toy soldiers available in hobby shops, army men are sold at low prices in discount stores, supermarkets, and dollar stores.
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