Toytown
adj, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A small town with quaint buildings.
- 2 A scaled-down model of a town.
- 1 Resembling a picturesque toy model. not-comparable
- 2 Insignificant. not-comparable
- 1 An imaginary town inhabited by living toys.
"Seen all of a piece like this, in a picture that fits snugly into the lens of any camera, Kersey is a peaceful, multi-coloured Toytown of a village, whose red-tiled roofs are subdued by just the right amount of weathering and lichen, and whose overhanging gables thrust forward in a quiet brilliance of red-and-yellow ochre, pink, white and café-au-lait."
Example
More examples"Seen all of a piece like this, in a picture that fits snugly into the lens of any camera, Kersey is a peaceful, multi-coloured Toytown of a village, whose red-tiled roofs are subdued by just the right amount of weathering and lichen, and whose overhanging gables thrust forward in a quiet brilliance of red-and-yellow ochre, pink, white and café-au-lait."
Etymology
From toy + town.
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