dog-eared

Speech parts

1. dog-eared - Adjective

2. dog-eared - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

dog eared

Synonyms

eared mangy old crummy ancient abandoned worn tired neglected battered antiquated ragged dilapidated worn-out decrepit
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Antonyms

brand-new new spruce improved maintained enhanced
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Examples

The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madame Curie and Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver and on and on and on. Christine Quinn

a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down Source: Internet

an old book with dog-eared pages Source: Internet

I expect this book to be found dog-eared in schooling barns and pristinely kept on the shelves of writing professors. Source: Internet

I have motley-colored dog-eared stacks of fast food napkins all over my house with single lines scribbled on them. Source: Internet

Its recipes demand to be tasted until the pages are dog-eared and sauce-splattered and stick together. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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