Yet he never made an effort to combat it, partly I think from pride, for he hated everything that savoured of Earwigging; he was not going to put constraint upon himself that his following might be more enthusiastic.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn
This negative result horrifies the burghers, and the General, leaving the table, is besieged by Earwigging notables imploring him to arrest the two tribunes.
"The New Germany"
George Young