lugole
An ear — pin yours back and listen.
Definitions
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.
lugole In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
"Lug" — Northern/Scots word for ear (since the 1500s) — plus "hole".
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