plural of dog ear

plural of ear to the ground

plural of rose ear

plural of glue ear

plural of burnt ear

plural of internal ear

plural of roasting ear

(UK, dated, informal, derogatory) A person who cannot hear clearly or who fails to pay attention to what is said. Its origin is in the wool and cotton mills of Northern England where the noise of the machinery and build-up of cotton dust made it difficult to hear people speaking. The earliest example in print is

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dog's-ear

plural of bat ear