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单词 dogs-ear
释义

dog's-earv.

Forms: 1600s doggs-ear, 1700s dogs-ear, 1700s dogs'-ear, 1700s–1800s dog's-ear.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: dog's ear n.
Etymology: < dog's ear n. Compare later dog-ear v.
Obsolete.
transitive. = dog-ear v.
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society > communication > book > [verb (transitive)] > turn down corner
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dog-ear1825
1659 F. Osborne Misc. To Rdr. [15] To ruffle, doggs-ear, and contaminate..the choysest leaves.
1716 G. Sewell Vindic. Eng. Stage 14 My L—d D—t had betrayed him out of Spite, and Dogs-ear'd the Book in all the wrong Places.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. ii Lady Slattern Lounger..had so soiled and dogs'-eared it, it wa'n't fit for a Christian to read.
1788 R. Twining Let. 22 Sept. in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 179 I have a notion that I dog's-eared the bottom corners at those places.
1850 E. P. Whipple Lect. Lit. & Life ii. 42 The poor, precious novel, dog's-eared and wasted..by constant handling.
1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library xiii. 164 She did not dog's-ear her little library.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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