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lapboard

[ lap-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.


lapboard

/ ˈlæpˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a flat board that can be used on the lap as a makeshift table or desk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lapboard1

First recorded in 1830–40; lap 1 + board
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Example Sentences

For, one morning, I found him ruling a sheet of paper on a lapboard—he had fumed until the nurse had given him his pen.

Only once had he set Cropsie and his lapboard literature aside, and followed his own impulse.

Jasper arose, put down his lapboard, shut his knife and with a serious air said to the old darkey.

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