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Definition of Dog-eared
1. Adjective. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down. "An old book with dog-eared pages"
Definition of Dog-eared
1. Adjective. (context: of a page) To be bent or slightly ragged in appearance in a manner like the ear of certain dogs. It implies that the page has been read a lot, but could be a sign of mistreatment: ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a page) To be folded in a manner like the ear of certain dogs. It implies the page was purposely folded to mark the page: ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dog-eared
Literary usage of Dog-eared
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Short Talks on Psychology by Charles Gray Shaw (1920)
"Nevertheless, these good men are like the best books, since both have the tendency
to wear out on the edges and become dog-eared. The dog-eared man needs a ..."
2. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1882)
"It was thumbed, dog's-eared, annotated. Grave tomes stood on the shelves around
it: essays on ... And it lay unsuspected in a desk, thumbed, dog's-eared, ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1898)
"When Coleridge found a dog-eared copy of ' The Seasons' in an inn, and remarked '
That is fame,' Thomson's popularity seemed quite as assured as Milton's. ..."
4. An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1837)
"dog-eared. As when we say, that book is dog-eared, and in the sense of it's leaves
or pages being marked with traces of folding or turning down ..."
5. Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century by Henry Grey Graham, ( (1908)
"As Coleridge picked up a copy of the Seasons in a country inn, all thumbed and
dog-eared, "This is fame," he remarked. Indeed, as Charles Lamb avowed, ..."
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