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earwaxy
adj 2
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4ADJ.
all, bitter, nasty
VERB + EARWAXY
planted, pulsing
EARWAXY + NOUN
cosmoline
PREP.
in
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adj
1
Resembling or characteristic of earwax.
The fact that he was willing to stand there looking at the back of her neck, the place where her pearls were linked together with a silver clasp, the pulsing earwaxy sense of her eardrums against his fingertips, all of these ought to count for something.
While disassembling it to clean out all that nasty earwaxy cosmoline, I noticed the words "Schweiz Industrie-Gesellschaft, Neuhausen" engraved on the reciever.^([sic])
2
Covered with earwax.
She goes through the rubbish in the bathroom looking for used "Q-tips" and then proceeds to eat the cotton and earwaxy bits.
They don't get too dirty if you keep them in the case, and any earwax on them is from your own ear anyway. As a bonus, any earwax on the earplug is no longer in your ear, so in reality, you are cleaning your ears as you ride! […] Keep the shiny side up and the earwaxy part in!
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The fact that he was willing to stand there looking at the back of her neck, the place where her pearls were linked together with a silver clasp, the pulsing earwaxy sense of her eardrums against his
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While disassembling it to clean out all that nasty earwaxy cosmoline, I noticed the words "Schweiz Industrie-Gesellschaft, Neuhausen" engraved on the reciever.^([sic])
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The sounds of happy children’s shoes tramping in the street and on the sidewalks, along with their laughter and excited anticipation of freedom, planted a bitter earwaxy taste in her mouth.
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