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dog-eared
[dawg-eerd, dog-] 
–adjective
| 1. | having dog-ears: a dog-eared book. |
| 2. | shabby; worn: dog-eared furniture. |
Also, dogeared.
Origin:
1775–85
1775–85
dog-ear
[dawg-eer, dog-] –noun
| 1. | (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place. |
| 2. | Architecture. crossette. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to fold down the corner of (a page in a book). |
dog's-ear
[dawgz-eer, dogz-] –noun, verb (used with object)
| dog-ear. |
Related forms:
dog's-eared, adjective
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| dog-ear (dôg'îr', dŏg'-) n. A turned-down corner of a page in a book. tr.v. dog-eared, dog-ear·ing, dog-ears
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Dog-eared
Dog"-eared`\, a. Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book. Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared. --Ld. Mansfield.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : dog-eared
Spanish:
sobado, con las esquinas dobladas,
German:
mit Eselsohren,
Japanese:
すみの折れた
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