Meanings
nounlughole (plural lugholes)
plural lugholes
- AustraliaUKslangThe human ear.
Well a backhander under the lughole soon quietened me down[.]
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 1721 more example
That way, you got the perfect four-in-one gauge every time. If you were caught doing it any other way, you got a larrup round the lughole or a kick up the khyber.
2013, Ken Sears, The Boy From Treacle Bumstead
Origin
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lughole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lughole
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“lughole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lughole. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lughole,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lughole.
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