subs. (old).—1. An act of coition. Cf. BELLY-BUMPING. Also (2) the condition of pregnancy. TO GET A LAP-CLAP = to be got with child.
1606. Wily Beguiled [DODSLEY, Old Plays, 1874, ix. 252]. A maid cannot love, or catch a lip-clip or a LAP-CLAP.
1685. Poor Robin. Some maids will get a lip-clip, but let them beware of a LAP-CLAP, for fear of Maids they become Mothers, and sing the doleful Lullaby.
