lughole

English

Etymology

From lug +‎ hole.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lughole (plural lugholes)

  1. (British, Australia, slang) The human ear.
    • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 172:
      Well a backhander under the lughole soon quietened me down[.]
    • 2013, Ken Sears, The Boy From Treacle Bumstead:
      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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