Definitions
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- noun A
corner of apage in abook that has beenfolded down, usually to mark a place in the book. - verb To
fold down the corner of a page in a book.
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Examples
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That lower dogear is often accompanied by notes written in the margin.
Boing Boing: December 11, 2005 - December 17, 2005 Archives 2005
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I admit the "split-folded edge" doesn't really work, and it's actually quite aggravating for the sometimes large "dogear" in one 1 corner.
Bind Paper Without Staples Using A Clever Fold | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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I admit the "split-folded edge" doesn't really work, and it's actually quite aggravating for the sometimes large "dogear" in one 1 corner.
Bind Paper Without Staples Using A Clever Fold | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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I use bookmarks, I would never remember where I left off otherwise and I cannot bring myself to dogear ... lol.
Angels' Blood Countdown: Nancy Haddock - La Vida Vampire Nalini Singh 2009
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Other evil high school classmate, I'd rather you lost the book than give it back to me with dogear creases every 10 pages.
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I feel like such a BAD booknerd - I write in my books, I dogear my favorite passages, I highlight, I occasionally break the spines although that is one that I try to avoid at all costs... to each their own!
Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009
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We are excited by the potential for using the dogear application to improve information sharing, expertise location, and support of communities of interest within the enterprise.
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We have already seen a handful of dogear extensions by other members of the organization, which will only serve to increase the benefits of the application.
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I dogear book pages as well, although I do have plenty of bookmarks.
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As for dogear, I do tend to do this to a page in which I want to return, either for a good excerpt or just to re-read.
Monday Getaway 2007
amacleod03 commented on the word dogear
(verb) To turn the corners of the page of a book.
Dog-eared (adjective) Though the OED does not mention it, other things can be dog-eared besides books. At first I inferred that the adjective can be applied to any well worn and (ab)used item. In referring to the shopping cart of an elderly Dubliner, AP writer, Shawn Pogatchnik, described it as “her dog-eared blue-leather trolley.�? However, I discovered that dog-earing can also be a characteristic of fabric. Tom Burns Haber refers to George Linton's Modern Textile Dictionary, which states that dog-earing refers to “A defect in cloth that tends to roll or curl up at the corners.�?
July 11, 2009