dog ear

/ˈdɔɡ ɪr/
noun
  1. A folded corner of a page in a book, often used to mark a place.
    • The old textbook had a dog-ear on every chapter.
    • He smoothed out the dog-ear before returning the library book.
    • She made a dog-ear on the page where she stopped reading.
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verb
  1. To fold down the corner of a page in a book to mark a place.
    • Please don't dog-ear the pages of my new novel.
    • He dog-ears his textbooks to remember important sections.
    • She dog-eared the recipe page so she could find it easily.
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