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Definition of Earwigged
1. earwig [v] - See also: earwig
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earwigged
Literary usage of Earwigged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. That Reminds Me by Edward Richard Russell (1899)
"... lastly, he earwigged Lord Palmerston." This is derogatory. In considering it,
however, we must recognise the natural jealousy spoken of above with which ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"... a which does not seem likely to obtain him the thanks and gratitude of the
pro- n,—although he may have been most illy earwigged by some mercenary ..."
3. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"No longer was he earwigged by the Lord Cravens, who worship a favourite; no more
did the foreign ambassadors bow low when they thought that he observed them ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"The fact being, that the oracle has been "earwigged" by the agent of a group of
bulls, who are bound to " rig " the market and raise it if they can, ..."
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