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 Dogs (Green).Dogs’-meat. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dogs’-ears.
 
The corners of leaves crumpled and folded down.   1
   Dogs’-eared. Leaves so crumpled and turned up. The ears of many dogs turn down and seem quite limp.   2
 


 Dogs (Green).Dogs’-meat. 

 
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