crop-eared
Americanadjective
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having the ears cropped.
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having the hair cropped short, so that the ears are conspicuous.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of crop-eared
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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The joint efforts of all New York S. P. C. A.'s were rewarded in the Shonk-Thompson Act, which declares illegal the possession or exhibition in New York State of crop-eared dogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
They took us for Essex men because of our orange-tawny scarves, but they found out when too late that we were right-tight Cavalier lads and no crop-eared curmudgeons.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
A schoolboy wrote to Scott at this time, "Oh, Sir Walter, how could you take the lady from the gallant Cavalier, and give her to the crop-eared Covenanter?"
From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir
He was a dirty white, ugly, undershot, crop-eared little brute, with a tail like a shaving-brush.
From The Badger A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E.
Then, I was like Hotspur on his crop-eared roan; now, I merely wish the desert were my dwelling-place, with one fair Spirit for my minister.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
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