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Earwigged

Earwig \Ear"wig`\ ([=e]r"w[i^]g`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earwigged ([=e]r"w[i^]gd`); p. pr. & vb. n. Earwigging ([=e]r"w[i^]g*g[i^]ng).] To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk. ``No longer was he earwigged by the Lord Cravens.''
--Lord Campbell.

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earwigged

vb. (en-past of: earwig)

Usage examples of "earwigged".

I'm not ashamed to say that I earwigged the conversation and this is roughly what I heard, starting with Erskine-Brown saying how glad he was to find Miss Clapton alone.

Old Jerry Tawton earwigged me at Tatt’s last week, and he’s in general a safe man at the corner.