Usually means: Small dog bred for companionship.
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  1. lap dog: Merriam-Webster
  2. lap dog: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  3. lap dog: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lap-dog: Wordnik
  5. lap-dog, lap dog: Wiktionary
  6. lap dog: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. lap dog: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. lap dog: Dictionary.com
  9. Lap-dog, Lap-dog (horse), Lap dog: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. lap dog: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lap dog: Encyclopedia

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  1. lap dog: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (lap dog)

noun:  A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.
noun:  (figurative) A person who behaves in a servile manner, such as a sycophantic employee or a fawning lover.

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