And although he officially retired from his post of 15 years as manager of Debenham's department store in 1984, he works full-time in a local toyshop. |
He stopped once only on his way to the hotel to look at a toyshop in one of the great thoroughfares. |
He was jealous, too, of the toyshop keepers who were selling their handsome wares. |
The poor Otaheitean stared listlessly for a moment at the huge cupola, and ran into a toyshop to play with beads. |
These masterpieces of patience, enigmas of gratitude, and withered bouquets gave the lawyer's room the appearance of a toyshop. |
My dad ran a toyshop in Blackpool, but I think that's about as far as the parallels go. |