ears
n.pl.— «“Most guys find it a turn-on, girls with guns,” she said, a pair of earmuffs—“ears,” in range parlance—hanging from her purse strap.» —“‘Girls with guns'” by Jason Ryan The State (South Carolina) Nov. 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Mary Beth in Greenville, South Carolina, wonders: Why do we say four-oh-nine for the number 409 instead of four-zero-nine or four-aught-nine? What are the rules for saying either zero or oh or aught or ought to indicate that arithmetical symbol...
Nora in Rock Hill, South Carolina, says her great-great-grandfather’s name, Workman Hardlabor Honeycutt, reflected the family’s Quaker religious belief in the sanctity of hard work. It’s an example of what are called virtue names or...