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Discover LudwigThe word 'lapdog' is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe a small, pampered dog that is kept as a companion and often sits on its owner's lap. Example: The wealthy socialite was often seen with her fluffy lapdog perched on her lap, a sign of her extravagant lifestyle.
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Alternative form of lap dog
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Dortmund debutant Milos Jojic scored after only 17 seconds on the pitch "We are not the underdog, we are the lapdog," said Thorsten Lieberknecht ahead of the defeat against Bayern.
Senators Levin and Tom Coburn, the two senior members of the committee, slammed the OCC for serving as an ineffectual industry "lapdog".
As Bettina Schmitt, the curator, was visiting friends in Florence, she came across an ivory lapdog in the Palazzo Pitti and immediately recognised the hand of the master.
His allies suspect a plot to silence an awkward figure and to turn COSATU into a lapdog of the ruling party.
On his watch, Malaysia's once lapdog media has also started to snarl a bit.There is as yet no talk of a formal role in the next administration for Dr Mahathir, who resigned from UMNO last year in protest at Mr Badawi's stewardship.
Except for a handful of lapdog leftist parties and a relentlessly harassed gaggle of human-rights groups, opposition, in effect, is outlawed.
The British financial-services watchdog, criticised for being a lapdog before the financial crisis, has since bared its teeth, this year fining JPMorgan Chase a record £33.3m.An Indian government panel advised against allowing Vedanta Resources to mine for bauxite in the eastern state of Orissa.
What makes it spread?One man and his lapdog, fouling our EdenIn this section Over here Give diplomacy a chance Boom or gloom?
The fact that Mr Dean is replacing Mr Clinton's lapdog, Terry McAuliffe, makes this even clearer.Does Mr Dean's accession really mark a lurch to the left?
That philosophy had helped London to become the world's leading centre for "mobile capital", she said.In 2009 the FSA abruptly stopped being the industry's lapdog and showed its fangsIn 2009, too late to prevent the financial bubble which had, at the very least, been facilitated by lax regulation, the FSA abruptly stopped being the industry's lapdog and began to show its fangs.
Parliament is a lapdog to the ANC, in part because of a system that allocates seats to political parties based on their share of the vote.
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