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earwigging

/ 藞瑟蓹藢飞瑟伞瑟艐 /

noun

  1. informal.
    a scolding or harangue

    I'll give him an earwigging about that

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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鈥淭he thought of Piers Morgan and his band of journalists earwigging into my mother鈥檚 private and sensitive messages 鈥 three months prior to her death in Paris, makes me feel physically sick,鈥 Harry wrote.

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He said the thought of Piers Morgan and his "band of journalists earwigging" into my mother's messages "makes me feel physically sick and even more determined to hold those responsible, including Mr Morgan, accountable for their vile and entirely unjustified behaviour".

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This warm podcast often feels like earwigging on a conversation between two mates, with recent guests including Search Party鈥檚 Alia Shawkat, Bad Feminist author Roxane Gay and Drag Race contestant-turned-comedian Trixie Mattel.

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It's bad enough hearing that little Fred has the reading level of a gerbil without everyone else smugly earwigging.

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It makes for some deeply uncomfortable gameplay, with servants correcting their speech to seem less intelligent when they notice Booker earwigging, and a thread of prejudice running through the Columbians鈥 conversations.

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