crop-eared

Occasionally . . . he carries in his hand an iron cage in which are ferrets, while two or three crop-eared rough terriers dog his footsteps.

Sociology most Dickensian Michael Dirda 2011

“The crop-eared hound!” said Captain Dalgetty, in a rage;

A Legend of Montrose 2008

A fat, crop-eared cat had taken up her position beside him.

A Desperate Character 2006

Their chief companions, or rather, their most intimate friends, are the fellows who hang about livery stables, betting-rooms, race-courses, and hippodromes; crop-eared grooms,

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various

He looked longingly upon the two crop-eared fellows, and begrudged the Church the possession of them.

Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan

He said that we of the South had descended from the royal and aristocratic blood of the Huguenots of France, and of the cavaliers of England, etc.; but that the Yankees were the descendents of the crop-eared Puritans and witch burners, who came over in the Mayflower, and settled at Plymouth Rock.

"Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Sam R. Watkins

Tully-Veolan, "retorted the other, in huge disdain," that I will make a muir cock of the man that refuses my toast, whether he be a crop-eared

Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett

"Next time that crop-eared, chrome-coloured coolie shows against the sky-line, I run for a rope or something."

Ambrotox and Limping Dick Oliver Fleming

IS crop-eared bull-terriers were yapping before the fire while our host was showing us his moss-bag.

Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910

"What would your saintly, crop-eared friends say if they knew as much of your past history as I do?"

The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini 1912