lapstonen.
/ˈlapstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈlæpˌstoʊn/ A stone that shoemakers lay in their laps to beat their leather upon.
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1778 Love-feast 18 Next, black-thumb'd Jobson..throws his Lap-Stone down.
1794 J. Wolcot Ode to Foreign Soldiers Behold his pretty fingers wax the thread, And now the leather on the lap-stone hole.
1827 A. Rodger Peter Cornclips 182 Come hame to your lap-stane, come hame to your last, It's a bonny affair that your family maun fast.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance v. 40 A lapstone, a hammer, a piece of sole-leather, and some waxed ends.
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