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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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toy A. †amorous play XIV; †sportive or fantastic action, antic, trick XV;
B. trifling object; thing to play with XVI. of unkn. orig.
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Toys 'R' Us Announces Holiday Fundraising Program to Benefit Toys for Tots.
PR Newswire; 10/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...a new and unwrapped toy for donation to Toys for Tots. During this...country to oversee the toy collection. "Toys "R" Us is honored...About Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us is one of the leading specialty toy retailers in the world...
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Toys for Tots Issues Call to Action to Help Millions of Needy Children Facing Christmas Without Gifts This Year.
PR Newswire; 12/7/2007; 700+ words
; Toys"R"Us, Inc. Extends Ultimate Toy Drive to Help Meet...dates of its Ultimate Toy Drive to help the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation...stores will collect toys through Sunday, December...extending the original toy collection period by...
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Toys play starring role at Kohl's.
Magazine article from: Playthings; 11/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Toy Fair shows and Toy Fair, Crum has the luxury of following the hot toys for older age groups...she can tie-in with toys that reflect the hot toy but fit the younger...headquarters, we play with the toys, checking toy value and any possible...
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Toy jobs: work in the business of play: think work in the toy industry sounds like fun? It can be, but there's a serious side to it, too. Find out if you're game.
Magazine article from: Occupational Outlook Quarterly; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...manufacturing companies that create the ideas for toys and produce them. The toy industry is often characterized as having...who will enjoy them most. Designers Toy designers help to create toys and toy packaging. Their specific tasks, however...
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Toy business becomes a whole new playground
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 11/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...consumers pay for their purchases. So what can consumers expect? It used to be that toys were sold in toy stores. Not anymore. Toys 'r' everywhere As toy makers try to reach time-challenged consumers, shoppers increasingly run into dolls...
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Toys 'R' Us and Albertsons Sign Multi-Year Agreement; - Toys 'R' Us to be exclusive toy provider under all Albertsons banners -.
PR Newswire; 6/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...adding toys to their shopping baskets." The Toys "R" Us Toy Box concept will offer Albertsons customers...available to consumers in over 1,000 branded Toys "R" Us Toy Box locations. Toys "R" Us, one of the world's leading retailers...
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TOY MAKERS' TESTS YIELD NO GUARANTEE OF SAFE PRODUCTS : LAX GUIDELINES PAVE WAY FOR PERIL.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/5/1997; 700+ words
; ...world's biggest toy maker produced safe toys. ``I trusted Mattel...It's not that toy makers knowingly manufacture dangerous toys - in fact, most...lead paint content. Toy makers, including Mattel, Tyco Toys Inc. and Hasbro Inc...
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Toys R unpredictable
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/15/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...change, traditional toy stores like Toys R Us and K-B Toys...of the year by the Toy Industry Association...Shoppers will now find toys year-round at RadioShack...outside the traditional toy industry requires different strategies. Toys R Us ran tests at...
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Toys on the chopping block.(Moms and Babies)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 11/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...a beeline for the toy store for this year...about lead content in toys. Since last August...as coating in the toys, is a metal that...The paint in the toy may chip off and be...should be wary of any toy, not just ones made...cautious with all the toys sold in the market...
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Toys 101
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 1/18/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...more information on toys, there are plenty...Web, such as online toy stores. But here...of the more unusual toy Web sites: * www...stories/history/toys/toys.html. If...science-fiction toys, from Buck Rogers...re concerned that a toy might
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Toys
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...year, according to the Toy Industry Association, Inc. Toys can support cognitive...guidelines for age grading of toys and related products. Most toy manufacturers use these...x2014;in designing toys. Anyone purchasing a toy for the youngest children...
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Toys and Games
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...lithographed tin, or electronic toys, obviously could not have...advances, once introduced a toy or game is not necessarily...century revolutionized toy making and toy consumption. Now manufacturers could quickly make toys and distribute them to...
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Toy Trains
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
...option for boys. Very early toy trains were simple toys of wood or metal usually...took a heavy toll on the toy train industry. After the war new toys competed for the affections...closed in the 1960s, but toy trains continue to be manufactured...
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Playmates Toys
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Supplies, Wholesale Playmates Toys is a Hong Kong-based toy manufacturer whose American...generic dolls and preschool toys for other toy companies. In 1975 Playmates...Playmates continued to manufacture toys for other toy companies as well as to produce...
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Toys “R” Us, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...than $5 billion, Toys “ R...x2019; s largest toy store chain, with...opened a discount toy supermarket in Rockville...first to bear the Toys “ R...only the 63-store toy chain and 10 traditional...changed its name to Toys “ R...
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