ear-pickern.

Brit.

/ˈɪəˌpɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈɪ(ə)rˌpɪkər/

Forms: see ear n.¹ and picker n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ear n.¹, picker n.¹

Etymology: < ear n.¹ + picker n.¹ Compare earlier ear-pick n.

= ear-pick n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > implement for cleaning ears

ear-pick1392

ear-picker1481

pike1570

aurilave1874

Q-tip1926

1481 Petty Customs Acct. in H. S. Cobb Overseas Trade of London (1990) 179 Ere pikers.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Specillum, a smalle Instrumente, wherewith Sourgeons doo serche the deepenesse of woundes and soores... Also an eare pycker.

1545 Rates Custome House sig. bj^v Ere pikers or tothe pikers of bone the groce xii.d.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vne cure oreille, an eare picker.

1634 Noble Souldier ii. i. sig. C2 Is the king at leisure..to heare a Souldier speake. I am no eare-picker To sound his hearing that way.

1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rand tr. J. Riolan Sure Guide iv. iv. 194 Thrusting an Ear-Picker very far into his Ear.

1700 W. King Transactioneer i. 21 He Acts all the uncouth Faces, of a Transactioneer pausing over a China Earpicker.

1769 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 26 May (1997) 143 P[ai]d. Craig for earpicker 1/3.

1836 Cornwall Royal Gaz. 1 Jan. Picking out of my ears superfluous wax with an ear picker (which I always carry with me) so that I might not lose a word of what might be uttered.

1968 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 76 372 He is usually concerned with consumer durables—furniture, equipage, clothing, watches, palaces, ear-pickers, etc.

2012 J. Lepore Story of Amer. i. 23 A fancy silver ‘ear picker’, a kind of combination Q-Tip and toothpick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ear-picker
释义	ear-pickern. Brit. /ˈɪəˌpɪkə/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌpɪkər/ Forms: see ear n.¹ and picker n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ear n.¹, picker n.¹ Etymology: < ear n.¹ + picker n.¹ Compare earlier ear-pick n. = ear-pick n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > implement for cleaning ears ear-pick1392 ear-picker1481 pike1570 aurilave1874 Q-tip1926 1481 Petty Customs Acct. in H. S. Cobb Overseas Trade of London (1990) 179 Ere pikers. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Specillum, a smalle Instrumente, wherewith Sourgeons doo serche the deepenesse of woundes and soores... Also an eare pycker. 1545 Rates Custome House sig. bj^v Ere pikers or tothe pikers of bone the groce xii.d. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vne cure oreille, an eare picker. 1634 Noble Souldier ii. i. sig. C2 Is the king at leisure..to heare a Souldier speake. I am no eare-picker To sound his hearing that way. 1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rand tr. J. Riolan Sure Guide iv. iv. 194 Thrusting an Ear-Picker very far into his Ear. 1700 W. King Transactioneer i. 21 He Acts all the uncouth Faces, of a Transactioneer pausing over a China Earpicker. 1769 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 26 May (1997) 143 P[ai]d. Craig for earpicker 1/3. 1836 Cornwall Royal Gaz. 1 Jan. Picking out of my ears superfluous wax with an ear picker (which I always carry with me) so that I might not lose a word of what might be uttered. 1968 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 76 372 He is usually concerned with consumer durables—furniture, equipage, clothing, watches, palaces, ear-pickers, etc. 2012 J. Lepore Story of Amer. i. 23 A fancy silver ‘ear picker’, a kind of combination Q-Tip and toothpick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1481
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