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
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 George A. Birmingham
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 Robert Leighton
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 Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Let Mr. Digges ride abroad, and from his cabin-door some prick-eared cur cried out, 'Renegade!'
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston
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