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earbash

transitive verb
-ed/-ing/-es

Definition of earbash

Australia
: harangue, lecture a treat to have an authentic account after having been earbashed by those other blowhards — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin

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First Known Use of earbash

1953, in the meaning defined above

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