lap dog
Example Sentences
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Amy says Baxter has "never really been much of a lap dog" but, after the announcement, "he jumped up on our laps and wouldn't leave my side for the rest of the evening".
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2022
She said she wanted a cuddly lap dog, so I was surprised when she adopted a puppy.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2021
“A large section of the Indian media,” he said, “has become a lap dog, not a watchdog.”
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2020
It is difficult to imagine that Fonda would have made it to the set, lap dog in tow, if Netflix were not the distributor of “Grace and Frankie.”
From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2018
There was an uncomfortable pause, during winch a black lap dog with a pug nose escaped into the lists and scampered about on some errand best known to itself.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
