Lap

Lap

A lap is a surface created between the knee and hips of a bipedal being when it is in a seated or lying down position.

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Famous quotes containing the word lap:

    If a dog jumps into your lap it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing it is because your lap is warmer.
    Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)

    Four and twenty at her back
    And they were a’ clad out in green;
    Tho the King of Scotland had been there
    The warst o’ them might hae been his Queen.

    On we lap and awa we rade
    Till we cam to yon bonny ha’
    Whare the roof was o’ the beaten gold
    And the floor was o’ the cristal a’.
    —Unknown. The Wee Wee Man (l. 21–28)

    The plum my mother picked matured slowly,
    The boy she dropped from darkness at her side
    Into the sided lap of light grew strong....
    Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)