Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Slang word of the day: pin one's ears back

Today's slang word of the day is pin one's ears back. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

pin one's ears back

verb - transitive

  • to chastise.
  • to defeat soundly.
    First he became champion of San Bernardino's Arrowview Junior High. Then, at 14, he went hunting bigger game, and got his ears pinned back in the first round of a Santa Monica boys' tournament. It was a terrible shock.

    -- "Sport: Advantage Kramer", Time, Sep 01, 1947

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

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