prick-eared

American  

[prik-eerd] / ˈprɪkˌɪərd /

adjective

1. having the ears upright and pointed.

   a prick-eared dog.

2. British.

   1. Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short.

   2. Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads.

   3. Archaic. priggish.

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Etymology

Origin of prick-eared

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

Example Sentences

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prick-eared

A few years earlier, it was a group of Bedford, N.H., seventh-graders who brought a prick-eared, frizzy-coated breed known as the Chinook to the attention of that state’s legislature.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2012

A female figure stood with its right foot on the neck of a very disagreeable beast, something like a pig, but prick-eared and hairy.

From Gossamer 1915 by Birmingham, George A.

In a litter of prick-eared, wire-haired puppies Bobby was a "sport."

From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse

Ask of the old grey wallaby there-- Him prick-eared by the woollybutt tree-- How to encounter a Glug, and where The country of Gosh, famed Gosh may be.

From The Glugs of Gosh by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)

Mrs. Hughes' Wolverley Duchess and Wolverley Jock were excellent types of what a prick-eared Skye should be.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert