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lapwork

lapwork noun: work in which one part overlaps another.

Noun

lapwork (uncountable)

  1. Work in which one part overlaps another.
    • A basket […] into which by the Indian-Women are wrought, by a kind of Lap-Work, the Quills of Porcupines1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […]...

Origin of lapwork

From lap + work.

Questions about lapwork

What does lapwork mean?
Lapwork means work in which one part overlaps another.
What part of speech is lapwork?
Lapwork is a noun.

Words near lapwork in the dictionary

  1. lapward
  2. lapware
  3. lapwing
  4. lapwings
  5. lapwise
  6. lapwork
  7. Lapworth
  8. Lapège
  9. Laquana
  10. Laquanta
  11. laquay

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