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lap dog

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lap dog
n.
1. A small dog kept as a pet.
2. Informal One eager to do another's bidding, especially in order to maintain a position of privilege or favor: "a bunch of intellectual lap dogs for anybody who holds a big job in government" (Mike Barnicle).


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The maid took a handbag and the lap dog, the butler and a porter the other baggage.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Then Polly had to be fed, the lap dog combed, and a dozen trips upstairs and down to get things or deliver orders, for the old lady was very lame and seldom left her big chair.
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