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
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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
He soon departed; Mistress Lucy's farewell to Sylvester being thus: "Good-bye, Mr. Roundhead, rebel, crop-eared traitor."
From The Pigeon Pie by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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
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 Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
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
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