lapdoggery
lapdoggery noun: behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
Noun
lapdoggery (uncountable)
- Behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
- "They do eat up one's time — " she checks herself again, checks her lapdog's struggles against lapdoggery, and interviewers, and dubious, childless relationships […]1979, The Fiddlehead, page 78
- Throstle adored Rosie, who had rescued him in the last three months from a life of uninterrupted lapdoggery by bringing him on her stable rounds every morning[…]2002, Robin McKinley, Spindle's End, →ISBN, page 208
- Synonyms:
- lapdogging
Synonyms of lapdoggery
Origin of lapdoggery
From lapdog + -ery.
Questions about lapdoggery
- What does lapdoggery mean?
- Lapdoggery means behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission.
- What part of speech is lapdoggery?
- Lapdoggery is a noun.
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