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
Gaspard was a little crop-eared dog who was saved from absolute homeliness by the vivacious and kindly expression of his eyes.
From The Story of a Child by Smith, Caroline F.
He looked longingly upon the two crop-eared fellows, and begrudged the Church the possession of them.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Bevan, Tom
The alaund, a big, crop-eared dog, is in the 15th-century shield of John Woode of Kent, and “kenets,” or little tracking dogs, in a 13th-century coat of Kenet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Close beside her were crop-eared Grip and Grapple, looking up at the line above them where hairy neck and shoulder joined.
From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred
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