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Dog-eared   /dɔg-ɪrd/   Listen
Dog-eared

adjective
1.
Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.  Synonym: eared.  "An old book with dog-eared pages"





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"Dog-eared" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the snuff-colored coat, black stock and dog-eared collar that was behind Jack. If he were alive to-day Jack's view would have been his view, and that was the reason why it was Jack's view. The boy could no more explain it than he could prove why his eyes were brown and his hair a dark chestnut, or why he always walked with his toes very much ...
— Peter - A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero • F. Hopkinson Smith


Words linked to "Dog-eared" :   worn


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