lop-eared
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lop-eared
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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After a series of exchanges, Dottin had traded a Sonny Angel with a lop-eared rabbit hat for a pink Robby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
In the garden, the most frequently seen snowdrops are the broad-leafed giant snowdrops of midwinter, whose floppy outer segments remind me of lop-eared rabbits, and the more slender common snowdrops of late winter.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2019
When a Don Lee producer suggested that they could avoid this by using simpler musical arrangements, the musicians said they did not want to sound like "a bunch of lop-eared cons."
From Time Magazine Archive
The lop-eared patriarch had 91 descendants, of whom 21 inherited his ears.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He’s talking about that lop-eared nitwit of a poet down there,” answered Bigwig.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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