The practice of making holes in the lobes or edges of the ears to allow the wearing of earrings.
‘facials, body massage, ear-piercing—it's all on offer’
‘extra ear-piercings’
‘There's a lot of kind of tribal-type decoration and tattoos and ear-piercings and people would cut up their clothes in a very careful way.’
‘Sitting next to her was a young man with a shaved head, topknot of hair, ear-piercings you could fit a dinner plate in, tattoos and a leather notebook in which he was writing.’
‘I thought myself a feisty, little girl with my short, spiked hair and my three ear-piercings and fake nose ring.’
‘Other possible ways of contracting the disease include tattoos and ear-piercing - he had both - but the exact cause will never be determined.’
‘Well, kids these days seem to get their first ear-piercing for their first birthday, then they have 17 in each lobe, and finally they come home with a pierced naval which screams of infection.’
‘A friend of his started experimenting with ear-piercing: and soon they were all at it.’
‘As it stands anyone can set themselves up as a body piercer without a licence or qualifications, despite stringent rules for ear-piercing and tattoos.’
‘Mega ear-piercing and fake nails are probably not uncommon among the girls she knows.’
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