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Earwigging

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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vb. (present participle of earwig English)

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Apart from the expectant crowd, people were also darting in and out—carrying messages, making their own reports to lesser officials, or just earwigging in the hope of picking up something useful.