(UK, dated, informal, derogatory) A person who cannot hear clearly or who fails to pay attention to what is said. Its origin is in the wool and cotton mills of Northern England where the noise of the machinery and build-up of cotton dust made it difficult to hear people speaking. The earliest example in print is

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dog's-ear

present participle of dog's-ear

plural of bat ear

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lamb, ear.

Obsolete form of dog-eared.

plural of wood ear

plural of tin ear

(transitive, idiomatic) To make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.

An earring that is designed to go through an ear piercing (as opposed to one that clips onto the ear without requiring a piercing).