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, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals‎^[1], act I, scene II:

     […] Lady Slattern Lounger, who had just sent it home, had so soiled and dog's-eared it, it wa'n't fit for a Christian to read.

Anagrams

• dog ears, dog-ears, dogears, goaders