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lughole

noun

Etymology

From lug + hole.

  1. derived from van Hole
  2. derived from hóll
  3. borrowed from Hole
  4. derived from *hulwiją✻
  5. derived from *hulwī✻
  6. derived from holh
  7. compounded as lughole — “lug + hole”

Definitions

  1. The human ear.

    • Well a backhander under the lughole soon quietened me down[.]
    • That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA