Bite at his ear
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- to bite one's ear: (slang) to borrow money
- bite ... his ear → in Pietro Mascagni's opera Cavalleria Rusticana, Turiddu bites Alfio’s ear to challenge him over a woman → was this role sung by John Sullivan? → rollsrights
- Earwiker: or Earwigs; in popular superstion they bite peoples ears, in fact they don't. Also to ear-wig is to listen in on a conversation secretly