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View synonyms for dog-ear
dog-ear
[ dawg-eer, dog- ]
noun
- (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- Architecture. crossette.
verb (used with object)
- to fold down the corner of (a page in a book).
dog-ear
verb
- tr to fold down the corner of (a page)
- computing to bookmark (a website)
noun
- a folded-down corner of a page
- computing a bookmark
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dog-ear1
First recorded in 1650–60
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Example Sentences
It is as though one were to glance at a mere dog-ear on a folio page, and then profess to have mastered its whole import.
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Voytek urged the horses, and sang through his nose, Dog ear, remember thy promise.
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Dog-ear marks: in bees: small, subtriangular marks of light color, just below the antennae (Cockerell).
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