LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system

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LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system - an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly useful in rural festivities to support plates of cold chicken and heads of adult males. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2012). The Devil's Dictionary, p.68, Courier Corporation
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LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system - an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly useful in rural festivities to support plates of cold chicken and heads of adult males. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2012). The Devil's Dictionary, p.68, Courier Corporation

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