Meaning & use
Dog-eared
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Having pages with corners turned down, or worn and shabby from frequent use.
See it in a sentence
Her dog-eared copy of the novel had been read a dozen times.
The dog-eared manual sat on the mechanic's workbench.
A note on using this word
The term compares a folded page corner to the floppy, bent ear of a dog; usually written with a hyphen, 'dog-eared'.
Words with a similar meaning
wornwell-thumbed
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Words with an opposite meaning
pristineunworn
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