dog-eared pages
Bent corner bookmarks
Pages in a book that have been marked by folding down a corner, creating a crease that resembles a dog's floppy ear.
The fold serves as a makeshift bookmark: The novel was full of dog-eared pages where she'd stopped reading.
Dog-eared suggests wear from repeated handling and is sometimes used disapprovingly by those who prefer books kept pristine.
- wornDamaged by use
- creasedBearing pressed lines
- foldedBent upon itself
- bookmarksReading position indicators
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
thumbed · tattered · reading · curling up · late night reading · corners · bent · marked · well-loved · yellowed · faded · library · novels · chapters · spine · margins · annotations · highlighted
- book culturereading, reader, book lover, bookworm, bibliophile
- book damagewater damage, cracked spine, broken spine, spine damage, staining
- book humorpuns, wordplay, satire, parody, literary satire