What is an annoyance to the ear. [R.] The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small earsore Sir T. Browne called?
earsore — An annoyance to the ear. [R.] The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small earsore Sir T. Browne. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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