OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 55819

lap dog

/ˈlæpdɒɡ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
perrito faldero • perro faldero
A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.
A lady loses her muff, her fan, or her lap-dog, and so the silly poet runs home to versify the disaster.
Frau von Greifenstein had seated herself in a straw chair with her parasol, her fan and her lap-dog, a little toy terrier which was always suffering from some new and unheard-of ne…
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