dog's-ear

English

Etymology

See dog-ear.

Noun

dog's-ear (plural dog's-ears)

1. Obsolete form of dog-ear.

Verb

dog's-ear (third-person singular simple present dog's-ears, present participle dog's-earing, simple past and past participle dog's-eared)

1. Obsolete form of dog-ear.
   • 1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 5:

     […] Lady Slattern Lounger, vvho had juſt ſent it home, had ſo ſoiled and dog's-ear'd it, it vva'n't fit for a chriſtian to read.

Anagrams

• dog ears, dog-ears, dogears, goaders