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synonyms for lap dog

  • instrument
  • minion
  • puppet
  • small dog
  • teacher's pet
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How to use lap dog in a sentence

I've never been used to it myself, but I've seen a little lap-dog riding in the coach, and occupying the place of a passenger.
RUDY AND BABETTEHANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Any excuse was good enough; the bone of contention appears to have been a lap-dog belonging to one of the Ambassadors .
FLORENCE AND NORTHERN TUSCANY WITH GENOAEDWARD HUTTON
After he had gone some distance through the wood a roebuck leapt up and the lap-dog went after it.
MORE CELTIC FAIRY TALESVARIOUS
The Maltese, or lap-dog, is a double mongrel, and comes from the small spaniel and little water-dog.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME V (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFON
I was not born to be a lap-dog, and it was necessary that I should be educated for the more important business of life.
CAT AND DOGJULIA CHARLOTTE MAITLAND
Fogerty doesn't come under the heading of a lap dog, but through some technical quibble I managed to smuggle him into the subway.
BILTMORE OSWALDJ. THORNE SMITH, JR.
The servant was tired of following his lady like a lap-dog, and attending to all her whims and whimsies.
A BOOK OF QUAKER SAINTSLUCY VIOLET HODGKIN
She lived for a whole year with her lap-dog, in her chamber beneath the lake, and God protected her from the water.
OLD CELTIC ROMANCESUNKNOWN
And her lap-dog was changed to an otter, and attended her afterwards whithersoever she went, as long as she lived in the sea.
OLD CELTIC ROMANCESUNKNOWN
There was every variety of lap-dog, and among them the tiniest little Italian greyhound,—not more than eight inches long.
ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, V. 5, APRIL 1878VARIOUS
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WORDS RELATED TO LAP DOG

  • apple of one's eye
  • champion
  • choice
  • cream
  • cream of the crop
  • crème de la crème
  • darling
  • dearest
  • favorite
  • lap dog
  • pet
  • preference
  • prime
  • prize
  • the best
  • the top of the heap
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