Earwigging

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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