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earhole
noun
the ear AUSTRALIA, 1934
By synecdoche.- But he knew he might himself punch Ronnie in the earhole. — Geoff Wyatt, Saltwater Saints, p. 95, 1969
- But how was I to know you’d bend my ear’oles too[.] — Chas “n” Dave, Rabbit, 1980
- I disliked him intensely and, after he had belted me over the earhole once too often, I decided to do something about it. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 50, 1994
▶ on the earhole; on the ear’ole
on the scrounge UK
Extends the sense of “earhole” (whatever you can hear) to “whatever you can pick up”.- He wasnt a bad fella, but someone who’s always on the ear’ole[.] — Lenny McLean, The Guv’nor, p. 137, 1998
- Coming round here on the earhole when I’m having me bath. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 112, 1999
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