lapstone
/ˈlapstəʊn
/noun
A shoemaker’s stone held in the lap and used to beat leather on.I could see myself at the grindstone… er… lapstone for several hours, moving my arms in the arc of theta (an engineering joke).
- in the (or one's) way
- in theory
- in the pay of
- in the person of
- in the picture
- in the pink
- in the pipeline
- in the poo
- in the power of
- in the process
- in the pudding club
- in the raw
- in the region of
- in the rough
- in the round
- in the saddle
- in the same (or next) breath
- in the second place
- in the sequel
- in the shape of
- in the shit
- in the short run (or term)
- in the soup
- in the swim
- in the teeth of