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lapstones

lapstones is the plural of lapstone.

Meaning of lapstone

Noun

lapstone (plural lapstones)

  1. (archaic, historical) A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather.
    • he would jerk away, and pelt upon his lapstone as though he were beating the very soul out of his leather1939, “The Foreman of the Jury”, in The Casket

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Questions about lapstones

What is lapstones the plural of?
Lapstones is the plural of lapstone.

Words near lapstones in the dictionary

  1. lapsings
  2. lapskaus
  3. Lapsley
  4. Lapsleys
  5. lapstone
  6. lapstones
  7. lapstrake
  8. lapstraked
  9. lapstrakes
  10. lapstreak
  11. lapstreaked

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