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toy dog
noun
- one of any of several breeds of very small dogs, as the Yorkshire terrier, English toy spaniel, Shih Tzu, and Pomeranian.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toy dog1
First recorded in 1800–10
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Example Sentences
One little girl sat clutching a toy dog, silently staring out a window until her mother came.
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Pickings, trembling like a toy dog in zero weather, reached the green in ten strokes, and took three more puts.
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This last was like a porcelain toy dog, and looked brittle, as if its thin legs would snap if much handled.
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She had never gotten another toy dog, not even as a contrast to Tawny Adonis.
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Also, let alone her lost toy-dog gun, I got all her ammunition and her rifle, while she was grabbing in Miss Paulette's trunk.
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Everyone knows what a cold is, and the toy dog's cold should be treated like one's own.
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