A fantastic name for a kind of head-dress, of temporary fashion.

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  1605.  The London Prodigal, iv. 3, Supplement to Shakspeare, II., 511, Frances. O, then thou canst tell how to help me to CHEEKS AND EARS. Luce. Yes, mistress, very well. Fath. CHEEKS AND EARS! why, Mistress Frances, want you CHEEKS AND EARS? methinks you have very fair ones. Frances. Thou art a fool indeed. Tom, thou knowest what I mean. Civ. Ay, ay, Kester, ’tis such as they wear o’ their heads.

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