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Synonyms & Antonyms of dog-eared
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
- an old dog-eared copy of a beloved book
Synonyms for dog-eared
- beat-up,
- bombed-out,
- dilapidated,
- down-at-the-heels
- (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels),
- dumpy,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- mean,
- miserable,
- moth-eaten,
- neglected,
- ratty,
- run-down,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- sleazy,
- tacky,
- tatterdemalion,
- tatty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tumbledown
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The first known use of dog-eared was in 1767
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