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Lapful

Lapful \Lap"ful\, n.; pl. Lapfuls. As much as the lap can contain.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lapful

1610s, from lap (n.) + -ful.

Wiktionary
lapful

n. As much as somebody's lap can hold.

WordNet
lapful

n. the quantity that can be held in the lap

Usage examples of "lapful".

When he finally closed the book, he saw he had a lapful of little white flowers.

Orgoch, her black hood shrouding her features, sat on a rickety stool, trying without great success to tease cockleburs from a lapful of wool shearings.