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 lop-eared rabbit is a stately beast and less brisk than his prick-eared relations.
From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
"She ain't all greyhound; but the best man as ever I knew always said there never was a prick-eared one a bad 'un."
From The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary by Runciman, James
In the prick-eared variety the ears are carried erect, with very fine ear feathering, and the face fringe is long and thick.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
It is the case that drop-eared puppies often occur in the litters of prick-eared parents, and vice versa.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
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