toyshops

It is hard to enter any London bookstores — memorably disdained by V.S. Naipaul as now resembling "toyshops" — without being assailed by a dictator-size poster of some bullet-headed pugilist, his lips pursed in a macho moue, the apparently unhappy author of a novel whose title is invariably a punchy single word, such as Porno.

The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark 2004

It is hard to enter any London bookstores — memorably disdained by V.S. Naipaul as now resembling "toyshops" — without being assailed by a dictator-size poster of some bullet-headed pugilist, his lips pursed in a macho moue, the apparently unhappy author of a novel whose title is invariably a punchy single word, such as Porno.

The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark 2004

Instead you slouch away to search the internet, phone the toyshops, in a desperate hope.

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Whether you're 4 or 40, no one can walk away from the ne plus ultra of toyshops without a grin - or perhaps playing Heart & Soul on the oversized rollout keyboard.

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While in town, we managed lunch, returned the unwanted pushchair and got a refund, swapped a top without nursing straps for one with, and looked in three toyshops for baby dolls.

Busy day ailbhe 2006

It doesn't really support any claims of toyshops at the North Pole, but you knew that already.

The Panda's Thumb: December 2005 Archives 2005

It doesn't really support any claims of toyshops at the North Pole, but you knew that already.

A possible link between reindeer, daylight deficiency, and artifact delivery - The Panda's Thumb 2005

On the day itself, the shops are all shut as on a Sunday; only taverns, toyshops, and other holiday magazines, keep open doors.

Edinburgh Picturesque Notes 2005

While the prices dropped due to increased efficiency, the added loss of jobs/small toyshops etc, didn't happen without some deal of pain.

MMO GDP, QED (WTF?) 2005

Nothing better has happened to me since I used to be taken to look at the toyshops the day before

Set in Silver 1901