The word "toy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in a variety of contexts, such as when discussing a physical object intended as a plaything or as a metaphor. For example: "The politician was playing a dangerous game of political 'toy' with the public's trust."
As RTE ringmaster Bill O'Herlihy tut-tutted in a fatherly and faux po-faced fashion, pundit Eamon Dunphy got to work with his new toy, an electronic pen with which he could enhance and illustrate his analysis by drawing white lines, circles, arrows and squiggles on a monitor after pausing the VT with an often aggressive roar of "Stop it there!" at some unseen flunkie in the production suite.
And just as dog owners say: "It's not the dog that's dangerous, it's the owner," so it could be the need for parental supervision rather than the toy that's to blame.
Above all there are the glances into a child's metropolis of toy shops and school gates, of hurdy-gurdy men and balloon sellers.
Above all, suspicion remains that HS2 will be, to borrow a phrase from one ex-transport secretary, a rich man's toy: trains sparsely populated by businessmen whizzing blithely through the estates – council and country – of people who will never use it.
With some delegates the appearance of a favourite squeaky toy from their childhood - Mrs Shirley Williams - seemed to have some effect.
Above the rattle of a small boy dragging a Mickey Mouse train toy along the floor and another artlessly playing a xylophone, Cecilia explained that the reunion would be joyful but bittersweet because one of the family would not be there.
Other boys played with toy cars but Giger could usually be seen dragging a skull on wheels behind him; he constructed ghost trains in the back garden.
Here's how it was supposed to run: participants entered a room where Rönkkö stood behind a table bearing an eclectic array of objects related to LaBeouf's life and career – including a bullwhip, a Transformers toy, a bottle of Jack Daniels and folded notes bearing mainly derogatory Tweets about him.
One of the most high-profile actions against toy manufacturer Mattel focused on Barbie.
"It might be a good boy's toy, but I can't be everything – an underwater photographer and the drone photographer".
On Fendi's AW15 catwalk, it was less baker and more butcher as models paraded in leather A-line apron mini skirts with leather apron tops, all toy buttons and bizarre furry boots: a decidedly weightier and wipe-down version.
