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Definition of cloth-eared adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cloth-eared

adjective
 
/ˈklɒθ ɪəd/
 
/ˈklɔːθ ɪrd/
(British English, old-fashioned, informal, disapproving)
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  1. (of a person) unable to hear or understand things clearly
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