lap-top computer

plural lap-top computers

1. datedDated form of laptop computer.

   First, I must figure out how to use the lap-top computer I bought for $10 at a garage sale.

   1997 August 3, Leonard Bishop, “Things to do on my return”, in The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kan., page D3

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   Competition in the portable lap-top computer market is heating up as manufacturers scramble to pack the right punch into an affordable briefcase-size machine.

   1985 March 12, David Climie, “Price, power, performance keys to winning market for lap-top computers”, in The Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., page G20

   “With DVD, you can watch a movie on a lap-top computer while you’re traveling cross-country on an airplane,” he [Trevor Hendrickson] enthuses.

   2000 January 1, Melody Parker, “DVD vs. VHS battle continues”, in The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, page E3