lapdog
noun
a small pet dog that can easily be held in the lap.
lap dog
-
a variation of
lapdog.
Example Sentences
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Amy says Baxter has "never really been much of a lap dog" but, after the announcement, "he jumped up on our laps and wouldn't leave my side for the rest of the evening".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2022
She said she wanted a cuddly lap dog, so I was surprised when she adopted a puppy.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2021
It is difficult to imagine that Fonda would have made it to the set, lap dog in tow, if Netflix were not the distributor of “Grace and Frankie.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 14, 2018
Another, dressed in an ice-blue peignoir, petted a stuffed lap dog with one hand and preened with the other.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2018
Daisy found it impossible to keep her eyes off her ‘pitty aunty’, but attached herself like a lap dog to the wonderful chatelaine full of delightful charms.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
