1894 Brewer’s / D / Dogs-ears
The corners of leaves crumpled and folded down.
Dogsʹ-eared. Leaves so crumpled and turned up. The ears of many dogs turn down and seem quite limp.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.