LAPDOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lapdog mean? 

• LAPDOG (noun)
  The noun LAPDOG has 1 sense:

1. a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap

  Familiarity information: LAPDOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAPDOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lapdog" is a kind of...):

Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)

 Context examples 

He handed her over as if she had been a lapdog.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He carried a cushion, upon which lay a small and fluffy lapdog.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)