"lap-top computer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lap-top computers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lap-top computer (plural lap-top computers)
  1. Dated form of laptop computer. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: laptop computer
    Sense id: en-lap-top_computer-en-noun-T8A06GRz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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