lapdog
or lap dog
a small pet dog that can easily be held in the lap.
a person or group that submits to the influence of another; a servile follower: Regulatory agencies are supposed to be watchdogs, but some have become lapdogs of the industries they oversee.
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How to use lapdog in a sentence
Describing the city agency tasked with investigating police misconduct as “more of a lapdog than a watchdog,” he proposed in 2009 to give it more independence, authority, and guaranteed funding.
“City Hall Put the Kibosh on That”: The Inside Story of How de Blasio Promised, Then Thwarted NYPD Accountability | by Eric Umansky and Jake Pearson | June 11, 2021 | ProPublicaThe King awoke in great anxiety, and called out, "My kingdom is lost, and my dwarf and my lapdog are killed!"
More Celtic Fairy Tales | VariousWhen the King awoke, he cried out in great anxiety, "My kingdom is lost, and my dwarf and my lapdog are killed!"
More Celtic Fairy Tales | VariousIn the morning the King awoke in great anxiety, and called out, "My kingdom is lost, and my dwarf and my lapdog are killed!"
More Celtic Fairy Tales | VariousShe had a little lapdog, who was, next to the Doctor, her favorite.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) | Wiliam Cabell Bruce
She patted the hand which he had laid upon the arm of her chair, very much as if it had been a pet lapdog.
The Gold Brick | Ann S. Stephens
British Dictionary definitions for lapdog
/ (ˈlæpˌdɒɡ) /
a pet dog small and docile enough to be cuddled in the lap
informal a person who attaches himself to someone in admiration or infatuation
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