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
But crop-eared you were and crop-eared you are; one of Shaftesbury's brisk boys, my lord!
From Shrewsbury A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
I’d rather have given up my sword to you than have had it knocked out of my hand by the ugliest crop-eared knave I ever met.”
From Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story by J. Nash
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 Joseph Furphy
Everything being in readiness, I shook hands, good-bye, with my much-esteemed friend, Henry Becket, who had been helping me with the pack-horses, and who also coveted my crop-eared pony, very naturally for a boy.
From Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West by William F. Drannan
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