Definitions for dog-eared

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Spelling: [dawg-eerd, dog-]
IPA: /ˈdɔgˌɪərd, ˈdɒg-/

Dog-Eared is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in dog-eared (-addeegor).

Definitions for dog-eared

noun

  1. (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
  2. Architecture. crossette.

adjective

  1. having dog-ears:
  2. shabby; worn:

verb (used with object)

  1. to fold down the corner of (a page in a book).

noun, verb (used with object)

  1. dog-ear.

Origin of dog-eared

First recorded in 1775-85

Examples for dog-eared

But whichever the reason, more cards are bent or dog-eared than are left flat.

Accusing Washington of failure to work properly is one of the most dog-eared pages in the political playbook.

The dog-eared Latin grammar and arithmetic primer were odious to him, 289 and he learned but slackly.

There the satinwood bookcase filled with his dog-eared schoolbooks.

In the great room the fire breast is outlined with a dog-eared mold.

All openings are dog-eared, as well as the panels of the chimney breasts.

Still, one can easily envision hordes clutching their dog-eared paperbacks of Inferno straining to find the flag.

Its appearance indicated that it had been kept for some time; the corners were dog-eared and the edges somewhat worn.

Jake picked up two ragged and dog-eared volumes from his table.

He waltzes out a great trunk on its corners till they are as dog-eared as a school reader.

Word Value for dog-eared
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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