dog's-ear
dog's-ear is the obsolete form of dog-ear.
Meaning of dog-ear
Noun
dog-ear (plural dog-ears)
- The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.
Forms of dog's-ear
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dog's-ears |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dog's-ears |
| present participle | dog's-earing |
| past participle | dog's-eared |
| past | dog's-eared |
Origin of dog's-ear
See dog-ear.
Questions about dog's-ear
- What is dog's-ear the obsolete form of?
- Dog's-ear is the obsolete form of dog-ear.
Words near dog's-ear in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dog's-ear (page history and authors); dog-ear (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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