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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down;
- Example: "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down"-Clifton Fadiman
- Example: "an old book with dog-eared pages"
[syn: dog-eared, eared]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]