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At Lars I found a dirtied and dog's-eared copy of 'The Prisoner of the Caucasus,' and I confess that I read it through with much gratification.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various

But nine times in ten it is some dog's-eared, shop-worn quotation from one of the "standard" bards, usually Shakspere.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)

At the far end a large table, that held the candle, had a meal spread upon it, and also some open dog's-eared primers, at which small children were spelling audibly.

From What Necessity Knows by Dougall, Lily

Unfastening her cloak with its pathetic lining of old rabbit-skin, she produced a small dog's-eared book.

From A Mummer's Tale by Roche, Charles E.

Then she was given a very much "dog's-eared" spelling-book to study down a column.

From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie