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Lap dog

//ˈlæpdɒɡ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover. figuratively

    "As a lady's lap-dog Leonard did not excel. He was not an Italian, still less a Frenchman."

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