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dog-ear
(encz) | dog-ear, |
dog-ear
(gcide) | dog-ear \dog-ear\ n.
a corner of a page turned down to mark a place.
[WordNet 1.5] |
dog-ear
(wn) | dog-ear
n 1: a corner of a page turned down to mark your place |
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dog-eared
(encz) | dog-eared, adj: |
dog-eared
(gcide) | dog-eared \dog"-eared`\, a.
1. Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by
careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book; as,
an old book with dog-eared pages.
Note: Making a page dog-eared is sometimes done deliberately
to mark a location in a book.
[1913 Webster]
Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared.
--Ld.
Mansfield.
[1913 Webster]
2. worn down, shabby.
Syn: eared.
[WordNet 1.5] |
dog-eared
(wn) | dog-eared
adj 1: worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having
corners turned down; "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit
run down"-Clifton Fadiman; "an old book with dog-eared
pages" [syn: dog-eared, eared] |
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