flop-eared
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flop-eared
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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When I met him, flop-eared goats and quarrelsome geese were rooting around on the floor, and the yard was strewn with pieces of dried rawhide that would be turned into chew toys for dogs.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 18, 2016
Thin, stooped, flop-eared Howard Worth Smith sits in big, comfortable chairs, and nobody puts even a small tack in them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Supported by an all-moppet cast and a flop-eared dog named Snoopy, Charlie Brown is the moonfaced, star-crossed hero of the fast-rising Peanuts strip.
From Time Magazine Archive
Short-legged, flop-eared beagles sniffed into brush-piles and thickets, set up a howl when they flushed a rabbit, worked it back before the hunters' guns.
From Time Magazine Archive
A spotted hound, lean and flop-eared was scratching industriously under Aunt Carrie's chair.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
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