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Quick-eared   /kwɪk-ɪrd/   Listen
Quick-eared

adjective
1.
Having keen hearing.  Synonym: sharp-eared.






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"Quick-eared" Quotes from Famous Books



... dogwood brake Retained, though late, its red. To Boston near, Where Ouse, and Aire, and Derwent join with Trent, And salt sea waters mingle with the fresh, They met a band of youths that o'er the sands Advanced with psalm, cross-led. The monks rejoiced, Save one from Ireland—Dicul. He, quick-eared, Had caught that morn a war-cry on the wind, And, sideway glancing from his Office-book, Descried the cause. From Mercia's realm a host Had crossed Northumbria's bound. His thin, worn face O'er-flamed ...
— Legends of the Saxon Saints • Aubrey de Vere

... former occasions, the quick-eared comrade had overheard the King's command and repeated it to ...
— The Yellow Fairy Book • Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang



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