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They are handed about from lapfuls in every coffeehouse to persons of quality, are shewn in Westminster-Hall and the Court of Requests.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan

How many hours of pleasant labour in that enclosed bit of ground there had been; how many lapfuls and basketfuls of fruits the rich reward of the labour; how Lois had enjoyed both!

From Nobody by Warner, Susan

I gathered lapfuls of the lovely blossoms, and commenced arranging them in the vases.

From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles

Later, as the ebb-tide flows from marsh to sea, we are parenthetically treated to these two lines:     "Run home, little streams,     With your lapfuls of stars and dreams."

From Select Poems of Sidney Lanier by Callaway, Morgan

Martin challenged them to prove this, and they plucked lapfuls of the small white daisies with big yellow eyes, and threaded chains of great length, and hung them about each other's necks.

From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Farjeon, Eleanor