Meanings
- uncountableBehavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
If Nini Mo were alive today, she would not stand by idly as Califa is sucked ever deeper into lapdoggery, as we bow our heads ever lower to the Birdie yoke.
2010, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Flora's Dare, →ISBN, page 4542 more examples
"They do eat up one's time — " she checks herself again, checks her lapdog's struggles against lapdoggery, and interviewers, and dubious, childless relationships […]
1979, The Fiddlehead, page 78Throstle adored Rosie, who had rescued him in the last three months from a life of uninterrupted lapdoggery by bringing him on her stable rounds every morning[…]
2002, Robin McKinley, Spindle's End, →ISBN, page 208Synonyms: lapdogging
Synonyms & antonyms
nounBehavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
Origin
Translations
Finnish sylikoiramaisuus
- sylikoiramaisuustype of behavior
Cite this entry
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