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View synonyms for dog-eared

dog-eared

or dog·eared

[ dawg-eerd, dog- ]

adjective

  1. having dog-ears:

    a dog-eared book.

  2. shabby; worn:

    dog-eared furniture.



dog-eared

adjective

  1. having dog-ears
  2. shabby or worn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dog-eared1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences

Still, one can easily envision hordes clutching their dog-eared paperbacks of Inferno straining to find the flag.

It is, in short, the same old dog-eared Republican playbook with nary an acknowledgement that Obama just won reelection.

Accusing Washington of failure to work properly is one of the most dog-eared pages in the political playbook.

My father loved poetry and after his death I found several volumes, selectively dog-eared, with key parts underlined.

Then, in Cashmere one day, I met a fellow in a caravan, with a dog-eared book in his pocket.

A full hour after Darby's departure I ventured to open the little dog-eared volume which he had thrown upon my table.

Rising, he went to a shelf of battered, dog-eared books, and taking down an armful proceeded to strew the volumes upon the table.

A turned-down page, it is perhaps a little too dog-eared to be read over again, but we all like to compare notes.

She hurried away to some outlying part of the house, reappearing in a few minutes with a dog-eared bundle of sheets in her hand.

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