jug-eared
adjective informal
Having large, protruding ears: a jug-eared boy in grimy dungarees...
- Compared to Sergio, the jug-eared Arsenal reserve is a ham-fisted amateur.
- Passionate about bridges and cement, he is middle aged, plain looking and jug-eared.
- He was apparently a jug-eared coal shoveller who worked 70 ft below decks and died when the ship went down.
Origin
1940s: from the supposed resemblance of the ears to jug handles.