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rubber eared

rubber eared
 n.— «It’s helluva difficult tae try an type wi a Scottish accent, so any choobish flames wull just be rubber-eared.» —“Translators” by Ewan Benson Usenet: eunet.jokes Nov. 28, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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