ear range

noun

ear range

noun

1

The distance within which one, or something, can be heard; hearing range.

But when it came to talking prices, Rita always lowered her voice confidentially, leading the customers well out of Mrs Dibble's ear-range, which exasperated curiosity to a frenzy in the old woman.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 73:

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