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Definition of Toyers
1. toyer [n] - See also: toyer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toyers
Literary usage of Toyers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1885)
"It is but a short time since experimenters in electricity were but mere toyers,
with a strange, subtle, elusive force, that would play weird pranks for the ..."
2. The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse by Leigh Hunt (1814)
"... morning freshness of nature, as think of apprehending one of the great spirits
of poetry, by means of these toyers in versification. ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"Sandys saw many toyers between Jerusalem and Bethlehem ; and Maundrell mentions
the same kind of ..."
4. Annales Politiques, Civiles, Et Littéraires Du Dix-huitième Siècle by Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet (1788)
"... fur nos propres toyers, après avoir eux-mêmes été arrachés des leurs : on
chantera des Te Deum , on fera fonner partout les Gazettes pour des exploits ..."
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