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Answer : DOGEAR
dogear, dogears, dogeared, dogearing – v
to turn down a corner of a page
A dog ear is a folded down corner of a book page. The name refers to the ears of many breeds of domestic dog flapping over. A dog ear can serve as a bookmark. Dog-earing is also commonly used to mark a section or phrase in a book that one finds to be important or of personal meaning. Other names for this practice include page folding and corner turning. The practice is generally frowned upon by those that want to preserve books in their original condition.
Although there is a strong consensus among many readers that dog-eared books are mistreated, there are alternative opinions that favor the practice. Some readers attest to the inconvenience of carrying around a bookmark or keeping them on hand; others describe the practice as evidence of attentive scholarship, deep reading, loving attention to a text.
The phrase dates back at least to the 17th century (in the form “dog’s ear”):
For one whole yeere thou must smooth out the dogs eares of all thy fellowes bookes.
— William Hawkins, Apollo Shroving, 1627, p. 93. (Quoted after the Oxford English Dictionary.)
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