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lughole

lughole noun: the human ear.

Noun

lughole (plural lugholes)

  1. (Australia, UK, slang) The human ear.
    • Well a backhander under the lughole soon quietened me down[.]1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 172
    • That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.2013, Ken Sears, The Boy From Treacle Bumstead

lughole meaning in Bengali

lughole in Bengali

মানুষের কান

Forms of lughole

plurallugholes

Origin of lughole

From lug + hole.

Questions about lughole

What does lughole mean?
Lughole means the human ear.
What is lughole in Bengali?
Lughole in Bengali is মানুষের কান. See Lughole meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is lughole?
Lughole is a noun.
What is the plural of lughole?
The plural of lughole is lugholes.

Words near lughole in the dictionary

  1. lugging out
  2. luggings
  3. luggis
  4. Lugh
  5. Lughnasadh
  6. lughole
  7. lugholes
  8. Lughrata
  9. luging
  10. lugmark
  11. lugmarks

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