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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Walls have Ears The Louvre was so constructed in the time of Catherine de Medicis, that what was said in one room could be distinctly heard in another. It was by this contrivance that the suspicious queen became acquainted with state secrets and plots. The tubes of communication were called the auriculaires, and were constructed on the same principle as those of the confessionals. The "Ear of Dionysius" communicated to him every word uttered in the state prison. (See Speaking Heads , 9.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Language | Translations for "WALLS HAVE EARS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | a falnak is füle van. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | allsway avehay earsay as paredes têm ouvidos. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-e-h-l-l-r-s-s-v-w" | |
-5 letters: haverels, reshaves, rewashes, seashell, seawalls, seawares, severals, shellers, shelvers, waveless, welshers. | |
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