Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is nursed, as it were, in the lap of ease and luxury: a term of contempt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun derogatory, archaic One who has been fondled to
excess ; one fond of ease andsensual delights.
Etymologies
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lap + -ling
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