Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A turned-down corner of a page in a book.
- transitive verb To turn down the corner of (the page of a book).
- transitive verb To make worn or shabby from overuse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a corner of a page turned down to mark a place.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
folded corner of apage (as from abook ormagazine , so as to mark one's place) - verb To
fold the corner of a book'spage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a corner of a page turned down to mark your place
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Examples
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"He said we should all get a copy of the Federalist Papers and read it, underline it and dog-ear it," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who attended the event.
Scalia Tells Conservatives Lawmakers Need To Get Familiar With Federalist Papers AP 2011
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I'm constantly running out of bookmarks and being forced to dog-ear pages.
Turn Old Fridge Magnets Into Handy Magnetic Bookmarks | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I have to say I'm one of the people who when they read a book for interviewing or broadcast, I tend to underline and dog-ear, and the only problem is that's supposed to, you know, give me a few places I can look.
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"I didn't sense at all ... that it was skewed in a particular political direction," she added, noting that as one might expect, Scalia "suggested that we all get a hard copy of the Federalist Papers and read them and underline them and dog-ear them."
Scalia's closed-door session with lawmakers proves light on politics, attendees say Felicia Sonmez 2011
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I have to say I'm one of the people who when they read a book for interviewing or broadcast, I tend to underline and dog-ear, and the only problem is that's supposed to, you know, give me a few places I can look.
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I have to say I'm one of the people who when they read a book for interviewing or broadcast, I tend to underline and dog-ear, and the only problem is that's supposed to, you know, give me a few places I can look.
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I have to say I'm one of the people who when they read a book for interviewing or broadcast, I tend to underline and dog-ear, and the only problem is that's supposed to, you know, give me a few places I can look.
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I have to say I'm one of the people who when they read a book for interviewing or broadcast, I tend to underline and dog-ear, and the only problem is that's supposed to, you know, give me a few places I can look.
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I have to say I'm one of the people who when they read a book for interviewing or broadcast, I tend to underline and dog-ear, and the only problem is that's supposed to, you know, give me a few places I can look.
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"He said we should all get a copy of the Federalist Papers and read it, underline it and dog-ear it," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who attended the event.
Scalia Tells Conservatives Lawmakers Need To Get Familiar With Federalist Papers AP 2011
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