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earbash
To subject someone to a long, forceful or one-sided conversation; also a prolonged talking-to.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “Earbash” means to subject someone to a long, forceful or one-sided conversation; also a prolonged talking-to.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre treats earbash as an Australian word and records the verb from the 1940s, possibly from military slang.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established