单词 | dogs-ear |
释义 | † dog's-earv. Obsolete. transitive. = dog-ear v. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > [verb (transitive)] > turn down corner dog's-ear1659 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). < v.1659 |
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