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dog-eared

[dawg-eerd, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌɪərd, ˈdɒg- /








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Schoenbrun has an obvious familiarity with the horror canon, and I would guess owns a dog-eared copy of “Men, Women, and Chainsaws,” Carol J. Clover’s classic book on the genre.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"This one changed my life," he says, pulling out a dog-eared copy of Pete Rock's They Reminisce Over You.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2025

All these years later, the books on my nightstand are highlighted, annotated and dog-eared.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2024

He read and dog-eared a copy of Dr. Raymond DePaulo’s “Understanding Depression.”

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2023

But whenever they weren’t under direct orders to do something, the children sank heavily into chairs, stared listlessly out locked windows, paged through dog-eared books they’d read a hundred times before, or slept.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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