At 7 lbs., the Mac was a laptop in the same way that a bull mastiff is a lapdog.
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The little lapdog passed 2,000 purebred canines of 185 types to win top honors.
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The one who brought Bethpage Black to heel in 2002, turning a beast into a lapdog?
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I shouldn't be swearing allegiance to the concept of New Zealand as a royal lapdog.
From the nzherald.co.nz
What should I expect from Fox News which is the White House's lackey lapdog?
From the guardian.co.uk
Though it was a huge dog by day, it shrunk to the size of a lapdog by night.
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In some quarters it implies spinelessness, a lapdog-willingness to please.
From the theaustralian.com.au
These pigs are the size of a teacup as piglets and no larger than a lapdog as adults.
From the post-gazette.com
One of them might end up a regular old-lady's lapdog with show trophies on the shelf.
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A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap
A lapdog is a dog that is small enough to be held in the arms or lie comfortably on a person's lap. Lapdogs are not a specific breed, but is a generic term for a type of dog of small size and friendly disposition.
To dream of a lap-dog, foretells you will be succored by friends in some approaching dilemma If it be thin and ill-looking, there will be distressing occurrences to detract from your prospects.
N. 1. A timid and cowardly dog who follows his master around and does his every bidding