出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/04/27 17:54 UTC 版)
The origin of the term is in the wool and cotton mills of Northern England where the noise of the machinery and build-up of cotton dust made it difficult to hear people speaking. The earliest example in print is "I wish you'd listen. Have you got cloth ears?" from Carnival, a novel by Compton Mackenzie (1912).
cloth-ears (plural cloth-ears)