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the lap of luxury

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lap 1   (lāp)   
n.  
    1. The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person.

    2. The portion of a garment that covers the lap.

  1. A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.

  2. An area of responsibility, interest, or control: an opportunity that dropped in his lap.


[Middle English lappe, lappet, lap, from Old English læppa, lappet.]
lap'ful' n.
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