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Definition of Toy with
1. Verb. Take into consideration, have in view. "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
Definition of Toy with
1. Verb. handle something in a careless or frivolous manner (''toying with someone's feelings'') ¹
2. Verb. play, especially with or as with a toy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toy With
Literary usage of Toy with
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1731)
"Tú TOY, to play with, to carets, to dally with. TOY, a play-thing, a trifle.
TOY'ISH, apt ov given to toy with, caref,, or life dalliance, iy-.c. TOY LET. ..."
2. In Other Words by Franklin Pierce Adams (1912)
"On a Certain Propensity of Bootblacks to toy with the Shoelaces of the Shinee
Polishing little rapscallion, Shining away at my shoes, Be thou or Greek or ..."
3. Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c.: And of a Cruise in the Black Sea by Sir Adolphus Slade (1833)
"... toy with Orientals, and, like a tov, when discarded, useless. Not far from
the Avret Bazar is a colossal stone edifice —an oblong square, surmounted by ..."
4. Proceedings by National Speech Arts Association (1893)
"These were the people who play with life; who follow the fashion of the hour;
whose devotion to a thing is the devotion of novelty; they toy with art, ..."
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