Wiktionary
n. Any of several breeds of small dog, kept as pets
WordNet
n. any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets [syn: toy]
Wikipedia
Toy dog traditionally refers to a very small dog or a grouping of small and very small breeds of dog. A toy dog may be of any of various dog types. Types of dogs referred to as toy dogs may include Spaniels, Pinschers and Terriers that have been bred down in size. Not all toy dogs are lapdogs, although that is an important and ancient type of toy dog. The very smallest toy dogs are sometimes called teacup size, although no major dog registry recognizes that term.
Usage examples of "toy dog".
Indeed the skate wheels were rusted and the doll's hair was dust filmed as though these things had waited there a long time like Little Boy Blue's toy dog and tin soldier.
Little boy Two had to be content for some time after that with an ordinary threepenny toy dog {from the same shop).
She stifled the urge to pet his downy head, picking up his cotton-stuffed toy dog instead.
Director Elgin had the petulant, pushed-in face of an ill-tempered toy dog.
I asked her if there were any toy dog in the house, and she said no - but doubtless there are some - in the nurseryl You see, Mr Waverly placed some toys in the priest's hole to keep Johnnie amused and quiet.
He knew that soon he would be moved on, but the room, and perhaps most of all the toy dog which he discovered on the floor, reassured some essential part of him and began to soothe the welts of the previous day.
An elderly lady, with curls, and an umbrella clutched like a defensive weapon, was passing him with evident distrust, calling to her side a fleecy little toy dog, which seemed to have left its stand and wheels at home, and to be rather at a loss without them.
The younger boy lost a toy dog on the beach, and to console him his father began to invent and narrate the adventures of Rover, a small dog who annoys a wizard, is turned into a toy, and is then lost on the beach by a small boy.