"lapwise" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: From lap + -wise. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|lap|-wise}} lap + -wise Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} lapwise (not comparable)
  1. On a lap. Tags: not-comparable
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          "ref": "1991, Robert Hitt Neill, Don't Fish Under the Dingleberry Tree (And Other Philosophies of Life), Leland, M.S.: Mississippi River Publishing Company, page 201",
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