rubber ear
n.— «There can be no greater put-down than a stand-up. A dissy, a rubber ear, or cold shoulder, only the names are changed to protect the guilty.…Can you imagine the stench in the streets if every guy or girl rubber-eared on a date, decided to wait until their dates came to their senses?» —“Stood up and counted” by Stephen Mcginty The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) May 21, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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