earwigging
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“The thought of Piers Morgan and his band of journalists earwigging into my mother’s private and sensitive messages … three months prior to her death in Paris, makes me feel physically sick,” Harry wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
This warm podcast often feels like earwigging on a conversation between two mates, with recent guests including Search Party’s Alia Shawkat, Bad Feminist author Roxane Gay and Drag Race contestant-turned-comedian Trixie Mattel.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2018
If the tabloids are outraged, well, maybe they shouldn't have been earwigging while the grown-ups were talking.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2013
Mr Culpepper, the purser, was my abomination—a nasty, earwigging, flattering, bowing old rogue.
From Percival Keene by Marryat, Frederick
I can imagine a young ant getting a severe earwigging from one of the major-domos for its stupidity.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
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