action figure
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a toy model of a person or imaginary being, especially a character in a film or a television programme
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a toy model of a person or imaginary being, especially a character in a film or a television programme
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a small coloured bag of thin rubber that you fill with air, used as a child’s toy or a decoration
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an object that children use for firing stones. It consists of a stick in the shape of a ‘Y’ with a thin band of rubber across the top. The American word is slingshot.
a small toy car or truck
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special thick bright make-up used on children’s faces to create animal faces or draw designs
a round piece of plastic that you throw to another person in a game played outside
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a wheel that stays steady when it spins around inside a frame, used for controlling the movement of ships and aircraft or as a child’s toy
a very large ring that you try to keep spinning round your waist by quickly moving your hips
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a toy that consists of a box with a small model of a man on a spring inside it. The man jumps up when the lid of the box opens.
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a toy that shows changing patterns, consisting of a tube with coloured pieces inside
a children’s toy used for building models with small colourful plastic bricks that fit together and come apart again
a type of children’s toy made of pieces of metal and plastic that can be fitted together to build models of things such as bridges, machines, and cars
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a small tube that children use for blowing hard objects, especially dried peas, at someone or something
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a box containing moving pictures that you look at through a small hole, used in the past for entertainment
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a container filled with sweets or presents that you hang from the ceiling at a party for children to hit with sticks and break while their eyes are covered
a type of soft substance like clay, used especially by children for making models
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a toy used for jumping around. It consists of a pole with two short bars for your feet.
a puzzle in the form of a box with nine different coloured squares on each side. You have to move its parts so that each side shows only one colour.
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a pile of sand that is made in the shape of a castle or tower, usually by children on a beach
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a child’s vehicle consisting of a board with two small wheels and an upright handle. You stand on the board with one foot and push with the other.
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a blanket or piece of cloth that a young child carries to help them to feel more confident
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a rope that you swing over your head and under your feet as you jump. The American word is jump rope.
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one of two long narrow pieces of wood with places to put your feet on so that you can stand on them to walk high above the ground
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an object that a child can play with, especially a model of a real thing such as a car or an animal
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a rubber cushion filled with air that you put on someone’s chair as a joke because it makes a loud rude noise when they sit on it
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a toy that consists of a long stick with curved pieces of plastic at the top that turn in the wind
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a toy consisting of a round plastic or wooden object on the end of a string that you can make rise and fall by tying the string to your finger and moving your hand up and down
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