subs. phr. (old cavalier).—A Roundhead. [The Puritan head-gear was a black skull-cap, drawn down tight, leaving ears exposed].—GROSE (1785). Also PRICK-EARED (or LUGGED) adj. = a general term of contempt.
1599. SHAKESPEARE, Henry V., ii. 1, 44. Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou PRICK-EAR’D cur of Iceland.
