'dog-eared' definitions:
Definition of 'dog-eared'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
Definition of 'dog-eared'
From: 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]