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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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 […]
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[…]
If Nini Mo were alive today, she would not stand by idly as Califa is sucked ever deeper into lapdoggery, as we bow our heads ever lower to the Birdie yoke.
Use lapdoggery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lapdoggery means Behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"They do eat up one's time — " she checks herself again, checks her lapdog's struggles against lapdoggery, and interviewers, and dubious, childless relationships […]
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