earclip

English

Etymology

From ear +‎ clip.

Noun

earclip (plural earclips)

  1. Any of several different things that clip on the ear
    1. An earring that clips to the earlobe rather than being attached through a piercing.
      • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 87:
        In a pendant on a simple chain a few blue-white diamonds flashed; the stones that gleamed in her ear-clips were smaller but as fine in color.
    2. An identifying tag for cattle.

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