Obs. [f. LAP sb.1 + -LING.] One who loves to lie on a (lady’s) lap.
1627–77. Feltham, Resolves, I. lviii. 90. He might have swam in Gold, and liv’d a lapling to the silk and dainties.
1658. Hewytt, Last Serm., 7. You must not stream out your Youth in Wine and live a Lapling to the Silk and Dainties.
