earbasher

English

Etymology

From ear +‎ basher.

Pronunciation

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Noun

earbasher (plural earbashers)

1. (Australia, slang) A person who talks or complains a lot; a chatterbox or nagger.
   • 2011, Patricia Shaw, Waiting for the Thunder: A vivid Australian saga of strength and survival:

     Yorkey had met men like Dodds before, earbashers, kingsized earbashers, but he gave him another smoke and listened to all the dreary tales, hoping there'd come a mention of Jimmy Moon.