toy dog

1. 1.

   any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

   Synonymstoy

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Questions about toy dog

What does toy dog mean?

toy dog means "any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets".

What is another word for toy dog?

Close synonyms include toy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is toy dog a common word?

toy dog is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.