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earbasher

earbasher noun: a person who talks or complains a lot; a chatterbox or nagger.

Noun

earbasher (plural earbashers)

  1. (Australia, slang) A person who talks or complains a lot; a chatterbox or nagger.
    • Yorkey had met men like Dodds before, earbashers, kingsized earbashers, but he gave him another smoke and listened to all the dreary tales, hoping there'd come a mention of Jimmy Moon.2011, Patricia Shaw, Waiting for the Thunder: A vivid Australian saga of strength and survival

Forms of earbasher

pluralearbashers

Origin of earbasher

From ear + basher.

Questions about earbasher

What does earbasher mean?
Earbasher means a person who talks or complains a lot; a chatterbox or nagger.
What part of speech is earbasher?
Earbasher is a noun.
What is the plural of earbasher?
The plural of earbasher is earbashers.

Words near earbasher in the dictionary

  1. earbands
  2. earbanger
  3. earbangers
  4. earbash
  5. earbashed
  6. earbasher
  7. earbashers
  8. earbashes
  9. earbashing
  10. earbashings
  11. earbob

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