toy (n.) Old form(s): toyes
whim, caprice, trifling matter
1H6 IV.i.145[King to all, of the English quarrels] a toy, a thing of no regard
2H4 II.iv.164[Pistol to Hostess] Shall we fall foul for toys?
AYL III.iii.70[Touchstone to Jaques, of his wedding] Even a toy in hand here
Cym IV.ii.193[Guiderius to Belarius] Triumphs for nothing, and lamenting toys, / Is jollity for apes
Ham I.iii.6[Laertes to Ophelia] For Hamlet, and the trifling of his favour, / Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood
Ham IV.v.18[Gertrude to herself] Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss
LLL IV.iii.168[Berowne to all] To see ... critic Timon laugh at idle toys!
LLL IV.iii.199[Berowne to King, of his letter to Rosaline] A toy, my liege, a toy
MW I.iv.43[Caius to Mistress Quickly, of her song] I do not like dese toys
PP.18.39[Pilgrim, advising a lover about women] The tricks and toys that in them lurk, / The cock that treads them shall not know
RJ IV.i.119[Friar to Juliet, of taking the potion] If no inconstant toy or womanish fear / Abate thy valour in the acting it
TG I.ii.82[Julia to Lucetta, of love-letters] [I set] As little by such toys as may be possible
TNK II.i.35[Gaoler's Daughter to Gaoler, of Palamon and Arcite] making ... affliction a toy to jest at
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