What does lap-dog mean?

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lap-dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

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noun

"There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak."

lap-dogs (plural)

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