Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun As much as the lap can contain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun As much as the lap can contain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun As much as somebody's
lap can hold.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quantity that can be held in the lap
Etymologies
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Examples
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I and my lapful of spilled breakfast blueberries curse you.
Actual Fan Email, Actual Response. karenhealey 2010
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Else your myopic Irish Goodbye may get you a lapful of Irish Coffee, at least from karma.
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Seeing the unmistakable seal of the E. A. Peugeot Society, Joy jumped up, sending a lapful of pens scattering across the floor.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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Seeing the unmistakable seal of the E. A. Peugeot Society, Joy jumped up, sending a lapful of pens scattering across the floor.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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She ended up with a lapful of garter snakes instead of worms—a classic example of how sometimes my wishes go wrong—and after that I realized I had to be extra, extra careful and keep my magic under wraps!
The Multiplying Menace Amanda Marrone 2010
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Else your myopic Irish Goodbye may get you a lapful of Irish Coffee, at least from karma.
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I considered catching a lapful of glass, as a shiny blue pickup parked in the adjoining space.
Burned Ellen Hopkins 2008
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Patrick got a lapful of engine on a fall night like this.
Words Scrawled On A Cell Wall The Wandering Author 2007
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Patrick got a lapful of engine on a fall night like this.
Archive 2007-02-01 The Wandering Author 2007
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As soon as I sit down anywhere within a dozen yards of a cat, I wind up with a lapful of purring feline.
I hate cats 2005
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