"lapstone" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From lap + stone.",
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          "text": "he would jerk away, and pelt upon his lapstone as though he were beating the very soul out of his leather",
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        "A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather."
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        "(archaic or historical) A stone placed on a shoemaker's lap, used to beat leather."
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        "Johnny Bull",
        "Napoleon Bonaparte"
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        "Napoleon Bonaparte"
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