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
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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
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 a litter of prick-eared, wire-haired puppies Bobby was a "sport."
From Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
It is the case that drop-eared puppies often occur in the litters of prick-eared parents, and vice versa.
From Dogs and All about Them by Robert Leighton
The canine-feline creature was more than just a head; it was a loose-limbed, graceful body fully eight feet in length, and the red eyes in the prick-eared head were those of a killer....
From Voodoo Planet by Andre Norton
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