"love toy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: love toys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} love toy (plural love toys)
  1. (obsolete) Amorous play; flirtation, lovemaking. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-love_toy-en-noun-B0N3iWUk
  2. An object to be played with during sexual intercourse; something or someone used for sexual pleasure; a sex toy. Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-love_toy-en-noun-P0VXAUTr Disambiguation of Sex: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81

Inflected forms

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