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lapfuls

lapfuls is the plural of lapful.

Meaning of lapful

Noun

lapful (plural lapfuls or lapsful)

  1. As much as somebody's lap can hold.
    • The revelry from the tent grew at last so boisterous, the wailings and cries of help from the tower so terrible, that, unable to bear the heartrending emotion any longer, Queen Elizabeth stole forth alone, amid the darkness, to carry beneath the rich dalmatique she wore, a whole lapful of the...1888 November 24, “Holy November. The Month of Miracles.”, in Charles Dickens [Jr.], editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal., volume XLIII, number 1043, London: […], page 488

Questions about lapfuls

What is lapfuls the plural of?
Lapfuls is the plural of lapful.

Words near lapfuls in the dictionary

  1. LaPerms
  2. Lapero
  3. Lapes
  4. Lapford
  5. lapful
  6. lapfuls
  7. Lapham
  8. laphamite
  9. Laphams
  10. lapheld
  11. laphelds

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