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ear
noun- a citizens’ band radio antenna US
- — Complete CB Slang Dictionary, 1976
- — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 154, 1981
- a person who is not a part of the criminal underworld but who reports what he hears to those who are US
- — R. Frederick West, God’s Gambler, p. 225, 1964: “Appendix A”
- extremely drunk IRELAND
- He shook his head and nearly went on his ear again. — Roddy Doyle, The Van, p. 83, 1991
- a police officer SOUTH AFRICA
- The ears. The jacks. The tokoloshes. The police. — Peter Driscoll, The Wilby Conspiracy, 1973
- on a playing card, a bent corner used by a cheat to identify the card US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 34, 1950
- He put the ear on it. — John Scarne, Scarne’s Guide to Modern Poker, p. 277, 1979
▶ keep your ear to the ground; have your ear to the ground
to be alert to whatever is happening UK, 1920- I kept my ear to the ground to see if those seizures led to a drought of the drug on the streets, or a price increase, but there was no change at all. — The Guardian, 16 January 2002
▶ on your ear
easily UK- [H]e’d be out in a twelve-month. He could do it on his ear. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 137, 1956
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