Definition of "earlobe" [earlobe]

• The soft, fleshy, pendulous lower part of the external ear. (noun)

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• "When he left, he went to a brothel, cut off his lower earlobe and left it with a prostitute named Rachel, asking her to “keep this object carefully”."
• "He nipped her earlobe, sending a frisson of excitement along her nerves."
• "Eris tucked hair behind her ear, revealing three piercings in her earlobe and a tribal line tattoo behind and beneath her ear, along the hairline."