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lapful, n. and a.|ˈlæpfʊl|
[f. lap n.1 + -ful.]
A. n. So much as will fill a person's lap.
[1611Bible 2 Kings iv. 39 One..found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wilde gourds his lap full.] 1611Cotgr., Gironnée, a lapfull, or bosomefull of. 1648Ward (title) The Simple Cobbler's Boy, with a Lapful of Caveats. 1710Swift Tatler No. 230 ⁋2 They are handed about from Lap-fulls in every Coffee-house to Persons of Quality. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 313 Her proper attribute is the lapful of roses. 1887Baring-Gould Gaverocks xiii, I have got a lap-full of chestnuts.
B. adj. Having the lap full. rare.
1884Symonds Shaks. Predecessors vii. §3. 264 Lap-full of flowers..the country lass of English art returns from those excursions. |
