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lapful

[ lap-fool ]

noun

plural lapfuls.
  1. as much as the lap can hold.


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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lapful1

First recorded in 1605–15; lap 1 + -ful
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Thus Nowell-Wilson cradles a lapful of eggs in one of her drawings, whose poses are modeled on classical canvases.

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The commander grabbed his kayak, paddled into the cold waves and retrieved a lapful of cold-shocked turtles.

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Then I’d think about Aunt Loma with that lapful of rat or my mother jumping up on the seat, and it was like I was a gun fired off.

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When life gives these kids a lapful of more and less inexplicable lemons, Alix and Mason move in together.

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Then she saw the woman’s lapful of food and reached out hungrily.

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