lap-doggy
lap-doggy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a lap dog.
Adjective
lap-doggy (comparative more lap-doggy, superlative most lap-doggy)
- Resembling or characteristic of a lap dog.
- He wrote appreciatively of the usefulness and good conduct of the watch-dog, a splendid creature, much bigger than I am, with the lap-doggy name of Mou-Mou.1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], In the Mountains, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 48
- I bent down and scratched Duffy behind his perky black ears. He leapt up on my unstable lap and rubbed his head against my chest. He never does anything so lap-doggy.2017 [2016], Susan Dunlap, Out of Nowhere: A Darcy Lott Mystery (The Darcy Lott Series; 7), Sutton: Severn House Publishers, →ISBN, page 74
Forms of lap-doggy
| comparative | more lap-doggy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lap-doggy |
Origin of lap-doggy
From lap dog + -y.
Questions about lap-doggy
- What does lap-doggy mean?
- Lap-doggy means resembling or characteristic of a lap dog.
- What part of speech is lap-doggy?
- Lap-doggy is an adjective.
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