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
He soon departed; Mistress Lucy's farewell to Sylvester being thus: "Good-bye, Mr. Roundhead, rebel, crop-eared traitor."
From The Pigeon Pie by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Oh, dear, how fatiguing it is! that little crop-eared pony pulls so he can't be held, and we call him John Bright; but don't mention it.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James
If I read that history right," replied Tyrrel, "Hampden met his reward at Chalgrove, and Cromwell turned his crop-eared parliament out of doors.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
Among others was the great black crop-eared stone horse on which Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, was killed at the battle of Lutzen, two miles from Leipzig.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
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