prick-eared
Americanadjective
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having the ears upright and pointed.
a prick-eared dog.
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British.
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Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short.
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Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads.
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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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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
The last sort of dogs consisteth of the currish kind meet for many toys, of which the whappet or prick-eared cur is one.
From Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) by Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed
The pointed, cutting, mocking sentences laugh and dance through his pages like light-toed, prick-eared elves.
From Landmarks in French Literature by Strachey, Giles Lytton
He smiled at the keen look of alert, prick-eared attention which the other was still giving to that room!
From The Brimming Cup by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
In a litter of prick-eared, wire-haired puppies Bobby was a "sport."
From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse
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