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Some of the holes in the ear-lobes were so huge that they were plugged with carved wooden cylinders three inches in diameter.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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He could have sworn it once belonged to an Englishman, and to an Englishman of long before by token of the heavy gold circlets still threaded in the withered ear-lobes.
THE RED ONE 2010
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The holes on both ear-lobes had been torn out, but their size was attested by the strips of withered flesh that hung down and swept his shoulders.
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Charlie felt his ear-lobes getting hot, a phenomenon which was, in him, a symptom of either anger or alcohol, and he was very sure which one it wasn't.
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My mother flipped out when she saw that my virgin ear-lobes had been violated.
HIGH ON ARRIVAL MACKENZIE PHILLIPS 2009
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My mother flipped out when she saw that my virgin ear-lobes had been violated.
HIGH ON ARRIVAL MACKENZIE PHILLIPS 2009
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My mother flipped out when she saw that my virgin ear-lobes had been violated.
HIGH ON ARRIVAL MACKENZIE PHILLIPS 2009
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Sazed paused, then reached up to one of his oversized ear-lobes and undid an earring much like the one Vin wore.
Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006
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"The ear-lobes of Rotu" = we've got nothing for you to eat (i.e. in Rotorua we've no food to offer unless we cut off our ears for you).
Darmok and other allusions Ray Girvan 2004
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"The ear-lobes of Rotu" = we've got nothing for you to eat (i.e. in Rotorua we've no food to offer unless we cut off our ears for you).
Archive 2004-04-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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