noun General Slang

lugole

· noun · brummie

An ear — pin yours back and listen.

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The ear. From "lug" (old word for ear) plus "hole". Brummie and Black Country staple, made nationally famous by Frankie Howerd's "pin back your lugholes". Folksy, dated, still funny.

“Pin back yer lugoles, I'm only sayin' this once.”
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lugole In A Sentence

Pin back yer lugoles, I'm only sayin' this once.

Origin & Usage

"Lug" — Northern/Scots word for ear (since the 1500s) — plus "hole".

Variants lugholelug'ole

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