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Definition of Lapfuls
1. lapful [n] - See also: lapful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lapfuls
Literary usage of Lapfuls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"... and steady and free Is the ebb-tide flowing from marsh to sea — (Run home,
little streams, With your lapfuls of stars and dreams),— And a sailor unseen ..."
2. The Works of John Locke, in Nine Volumes by John Locke (1824)
"... by whole lapfuls, on poor credulous girls, which, when they bring to the light,
is found to be nothing but withered leaves; and the possessors of it are ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"Or clasp'tl both little hands in one of mine : And when the season broke, I've
seen her bring lapfuls of flowers, and then the girl would sing Whole songs, ..."
4. Women and the Trades by Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1909)
"In the corner of the room near one window, where the ceiling slants, a group of
women in blousy, ill-fitting wrappers bend over lapfuls ..."
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