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Ear of Dionysius

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a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible tube; - named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons.

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D'Artagnan raised the three or four boards which made his chamber another ear of Dionysius, spread a carpet on the floor, went upon his knees, and made a sign to Mme.
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