dog-earedadjective
uk/ˈdɒɡ.ɪəd/us/ˈdɑːɡ.ɪrd/A book or paper that is dog-eared has the pages turned down at the corners as a result of a lot of use.
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In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skids idiom
- beat up
- blasted
- have seen better days idiom
- hors de combat
- impair
- in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
- kaput
- scuff
- shabby
- shattered
- shop-soiled
- shopworn
- worn out
- worse
- worsen
- wrack
- wrecked
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Examples from literature
- He tossed the dog-eared book to the sergeant.
- Jake picked up two ragged and dog-eared volumes from his table.
- Next he withdrew the book of verses and after that the country-store note-book with its dog-eared and age-yellowed pages.
- They made no answer, but when they returned for the empty dishes they left a couple of dog-eared magazines.
- While waiting, he walked over to the desk and turned over the leaves of the dog-eared register.