earwigging

If he identifies himself as an Ashes fast bowler this summer then Angus Fraser, his director of cricket at Middlesex, might reflect on a gentle earwigging from his dad a month ago and deem it worthwhile.

England's Steven Finn at home but Ajmal Shahzad has capital capers David Hopps at Lord 2010

He'd been earwigging on our conversation and asked me what it was all about.

The Beagle Project on the BBC and cut dead by creationists on a train. 2008

From shamelessly earwigging the author's conversation with her friend we learnt the following facts:

Advances -- part 2 Michael Allen 2005

As an investigative hack, Parlabane was a ninth-dan blackbelt in the art of earwigging, but he had soon learned there was little need to be surreptitious about it in a place where nobody would ever describe discretion as the better part of valour.

Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

As an investigative hack, Parlabane was a ninth-dan blackbelt in the art of earwigging, but he had soon learned there was little need to be surreptitious about it in a place where nobody would ever describe discretion as the better part of valour.

Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

As an investigative hack, Parlabane was a ninth-dan blackbelt in the art of earwigging, but he had soon learned there was little need to be surreptitious about it in a place where nobody would ever describe discretion as the better part of valour.

Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

A waitress breezed by, and Steff ordered a bottle of Dos Equis (the nearest thing he could get to McEwan's Export; it was dark and rough) in a near-whisper, diligently earwigging the conversation on his right.

Not the End of the World Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1998

I can imagine a young ant getting a severe earwigging from one of the major-domos for its stupidity.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

Mr Culpepper, the purser, was my abomination -- a nasty, earwigging, flattering, bowing old rogue.

Percival Keene Frederick Marryat 1820

She was even with her hubby, the Labour wa it loads of calls, all work related (yes I was big style earwigging), and I was quite impressed that they were travelling cattle class.

Army Rumour Service 2010