Monkey with
Monkey with verb - To handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously.
Usage example: don't monkey with that broken lawnmower
Toy and monkey with are semantically related. in toy with topic. In some cases you can use "Toy" instead a verb "Monkey with".
Toy
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Then repeats it after revealing how he's tricked the monkey with a set of toy keys.
Source: Film / Night at the Museum - When you're watching Toy Story 3 remember the cute little girl playing with a monkey who has cymbals, because she'll be coming back, as will the monkey with cymbals.
Source: Chekhovs Gunman / Animated Film -
Another way to do it is make it a clockwork toy (usually an organ-grinder's monkey with cymbals); something that moves on its own when someone winds the key, then not have it wound up for years, and have it click its cymbals in a haunted, mechanical rendition of Terrible Ticking.
Source: Creepy Doll
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