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"toy" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often plaything (9 letters).
Definitions
engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
Used in a sentence
“A grown man like him does not play with a child’s toy.”
“tis a pretie toy to be a Poet.”
“he had deflowered the abbess, and as many besides of the nuns as he could, and leaves him withal rings, jewels, girdles, and such toys to give them still, when they came to visit him.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Plaything”3 letters
02“Child's fun object”3 letters
03“Child's play object”3 letters
04“Object for play”3 letters
05“Play object”3 letters
06“Playroom item”3 letters
07“Plaything for a child”3 letters
08“Dabble”3 letters
09“Child's plaything”3 letters
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