See cloth-eared on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the fact that ears made of cloth (for example, belonging to a stuffed toy) cannot hear.",
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"superlative"
]
}
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"word": "cloth-ears"
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{
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"word": "cock a deaf 'un"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tin ear"
}
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"Not hearing clearly."
],
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[
"hearing",
"hear#Verb"
],
[
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"clearly"
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},
{
"word": "hard of hearing"
}
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"dated",
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{
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"word": "attentive"
}
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"Failing to pay attention."
],
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"Failing",
"fail#Verb"
],
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"pay attention"
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"dated",
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"ipa": "/ˌklɒθˈɪəd/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˌklɔθˈɪ(ə)ɹd/",
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"General-American"
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},
{
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],
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English parasynthetic adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)d",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)d/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_text": "From the fact that ears made of cloth (for example, belonging to a stuffed toy) cannot hear.",
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
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"superlative"
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{
"word": "cloth-ears"
},
{
"word": "cock a deaf 'un"
},
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"word": "tin ear"
}
],
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"Not hearing clearly."
],
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"clearly",
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},
{
"word": "hard of hearing"
}
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}
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"Failing to pay attention."
],
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"fail#Verb"
],
[
"pay attention",
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],
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}
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},
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"ipa": "/ˌklɔθˈɪ(ə)ɹd/",
"tags": [
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}
],
"word": "cloth-eared"
}
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