- on the earhole/ear'ole
- adj, advBritishcadging, trying to borrow money. An old London working-class expression which was still heard in the 1980s. For the ety-mology see ear'ole.
Contemporary slang . 2014.
on the earhole/ear'ole
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ear'ole — I. n British a dull, gormless or exasperating person. A word used typically by working class schoolchildren in the 1970s to refer to tedious fellow pupils or adults. II. vb British 1. to buttonhole (someone); in other words, to detain (someone)… … Contemporary slang
