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单词 long-lugged
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long-lugged
long-lugged adj. Scottish and Irish English (northern) having long ears; (figurative) quick to hear of any rumour or gossip; inquisitive, prying.
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1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 101 While that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room.
1901 N. Munro in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 355/1 It's a gossiping community this, long-lugged and scandal-loving.
2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go xx. 149 Broon..wid send hame ony pairtners or lang-luggit freends that micht staun atween him an an easy cowp.
2004 K. O'Hara Last of Donkey Pilgrims 428 I sat up on Tiernan's wall. while the long-lugged pair [sc. two donkeys] mingled at midfield.
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