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What does dog-eared mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word dog-eared? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of a page in a book) Bent or slightly ragged in appearance, especially due to having been read many times.
  2. (of a page in a book) Having the corner folded over, as a sort of bookmark.
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For years, we've all known that consulting, as a profession, is getting a little, well, dog-eared.
All four corners were dog-eared, some were torn, but she would have recognised it anywhere.
Let's go back to reading recipes in food-stained, dog-eared paperback books instead.
I found no joy in cleaning up some little tyrant's mess and I didn't have enough emotion in me to cry over a silly dog-eared card.
Somewhere on my bookshelves, I've got many a dog-eared and tatty book from the 1980s and early 90s about the home video revolution.
He liked old and beaten books with the pages slightly worn and dog-eared from use.

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