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(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
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cloth-ears
noun
(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
意味（1）
(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
