adjective. Having many pages with corners that have been folded down, usually a sign of heavy use.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of dogear.

"I'll make my usual, by now dogeared (no offense) comment about foreigners (gringos, expats, ets.) who seem to feel that those who cling to their native culture; live in expat-intensive communities and can only "get by" in Spanish are somehow inferior to those who boldly go forth to become assimilated into Mexican culture."

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