Meaning of DOG-EARED
| Pronunciation: | | 'dog`eerd
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| | Definition: | | [adj] worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down; "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down"- Clifton Fadiman"an old book with dog-eared pages" |
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| | Synonyms: | | eared, worn |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | auriculate, bare, big-eared, creased, crimped, crop-eared, deep-worn, doubled, eared, ear-minded, flexible, flop-eared, flounced, fluted, foldable, folded, folding, gathered, long-eared, lop-eared, mouse-eared, plaited, pleated, pliable, plicate, plicated, plicatile, prick-eared, quilled, ruffled, sere, sharp-eared, shelfworn, shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, tin-eared, tucked, twilled, well-worn, worn, worn ragged, worn to rags, worn to threads, worn-down |
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