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 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.
    Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared.   --Ld. Mansfield.
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 dog-eared
      adj : 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: eared]