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Definition of Toyman
1. n. One who deals in toys.
Definition of Toyman
1. Noun. (dated) A male seller of toys. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toyman
1. a seller of toys [n TOYMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toyman
Literary usage of Toyman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mother-play and Nursery Songs: Poetry, Music and Pictures for the Noble by Friedrich Fröbel (1898)
"Let us to the toyman go, And see his gay and pretty show : Sheep and shepherds,
... "Well pleased am I to have you go To the toyman's merry show; Yet, ..."
2. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose Lieder) by Friedrich Fröbel, Susan Elizabeth Blow (1895)
"HASTEN, dear father, and come with me The toyman's wonderful shop to see !
We must tell the toyman what to say, If Santa Claus happens to come his way. ..."
3. The Mottoes and Commentaries of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play by Friedrich Fröbel, Henrietta Robins Mack Eliot, Susan Elizabeth Blow (1895)
"THE toyman spreads his wares with skilful hand, While in the boy's mind, ...
It is likewise clearly shown in the picture of The toyman and the Boy. ..."
4. China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. by Breton (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1813)
"A. toyman—ANt) A PASTEBOARD HORSE, WHICH GIVES THK BOY THE APPEARANCE Of i BEING
MOUNTED ON A LIVING ANIMAL. THE toys of Chinese children are, ..."
5. China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. by Breton (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1813)
"toyman—AND A PASTEBOARD HORSE,- •WHICH GIVES THB BOY THE APPEARANCE OF BEING
MOUNTED ON A LIVING ANIMAL. THE toys of Chinese children are, in many respects, ..."
6. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose by Friedrich Fröbel (1895)
"We mnst tell the toyman what to say, If Santa Glans happens to come his way. ...
Now, toyman, what can yon show me here To please a child that is good and ..."
7. Collected Poems by Austin Dobson (1913)
"W THE toyman ITH Verse, is Form the first, or Sense ? Hereon men waste their
Eloquence. " Sense (cry the one Side), Sense, of course. ..."
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