英语词汇ear biter的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ear biter
词源	ear biter. Government jobs weren’t always so safe, secure, and uneventful, as this obsolete term shows. In 1845 a special agent of the U.S. Post Office bit off the ear of an opponent in a fight. For some time afterward all post office special agents were face- tiously called ear biters as a result.
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