prick-eared
Americanadjective
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having the ears upright and pointed.
a prick-eared dog.
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British.
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Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short.
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Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads.
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Archaic. priggish.
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Etymology
Origin of prick-eared
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425
Example Sentences
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A few years earlier, it was a group of Bedford, N.H., seventh-graders who brought a prick-eared, frizzy-coated breed known as the Chinook to the attention of that state’s legislature.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2012
Only, as my memory drew it, it should have been peopled with strange figures-nymphs dancing on the sward, and a prick-eared faun peeping from the covert.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan
He was part collie, sharp-nosed and prick-eared, and his undersized little body still bore the marks of the precarious existence that had been his before Rathburn had befriended him.
From The Tangled Threads by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
In the prick-eared variety the ears are carried erect, with very fine ear feathering, and the face fringe is long and thick.
From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton
"Ugh, I find him," and the Indian pointed to a little, prick-eared, yellow cur that sneaked at his heels.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
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