dog ear
/ˈdɔɡ ɪr/
noun
- 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
- 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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