Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having ears that turn downward, but are not so long and pendulous as those of a hound: said of dogs.

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Examples

  • "Bless my soul, gentlemen, here's the little dog now, and a beautiful specimen of the drop-eared Skye he is.

    Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

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