"lapdoggery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From lapdog + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lapdog|ery}} lapdog + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lapdoggery (uncountable)
  1. Behavior or activity characteristic of a lapdog, such as idleness or submission. Tags: uncountable Translations (type of behavior): sylikoiramaisuus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-lapdoggery-en-noun-V2-m2lEU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery

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          "ref": "1979, The Fiddlehead, page 78",
          "text": "\"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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          "ref": "2002, Robin McKinley, Spindle's End, page 208",
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          "ref": "2010, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Flora's Dare, page 454",
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