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Interest was high, officials and toy-shop owners said, because any new toy on the market is met with excitement.

Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

"You have quite a toy-shop here," said Charlie admiringly.

Arcana Magi - c.1: Oryn Zentharis, Seeker of the Truth 2010

To many hard-liners, the most insidious cultural threat came in hot-pink boxes that sat on toy-shop shelves.

Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

But though there are dark intimations in all his work, Burton's vision is essentially comic: from the demented playground of Pee-wee to the demonic toy-shop surrealism of his hauntedhouse fantasia "Beetlejuice" to the pastel Gothic fancies of "Scissorhands," Burton constructs alternate worlds with the playfulness of a boy building multimillion-dollar model kits.

The Disembodied Director 2008

To avoid following, or being recollected by a person so odious to her, she entered the toy-shop with Miss Dennel, where she amused herself, till

Camilla 2008

It seems he doesn't want anyone to know about him banging that 18 year old toy-shop worker in the oversized Barbie-Doll house.

Christie Brinkley Divorces Billionth Husband 2008

Mrs. Arlbery, meeting with an old acquaintance in the bookseller's shop, there sat down with him, while the two young ladies loitered at the window of a toy-shop, struck with just admiration of the beauty and ingenuity of the Tunbridge ware it presented to their view; till Camilla, in a party of young men who were strolling down the Pantiles, and who went into the bookseller's shop, distinguished the offender of the fair unknown.

Camilla 2008

But even as high-tech entertainment stacks up on toy-shop shelves, it seems clear that simple unstructured play should be a priority, enriching children -- and their imaginations -- for the rest of their lives.

The End of Make Believe 2008

It being essential to make the purchase of the doll its first feature — or that lady would have lost the ponies — the toy-shop expedition took precedence.

Mugby Junction 2007

“I was also thinking,” proceeded Barbox, “that if we were to look in at the toy-shop, to choose a doll —”

Mugby Junction 2007