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dog-eared

 
 
/ˈdɒgɪəd/ adjective

Translation

If a piece of paper or a book is dog-eared, its corners are folded and torn from being touched a lot.
köşeleri kıvrılmış/yıpranmış
1978
(Definition of dog-eared adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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