knife ear

English

Noun

knife ear (plural knife ears)

1. (fantasy, slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of knife-ear.
   • 2019, Liane Merciel, Dragon Age: Last Flight Deluxe Edition, page 152:

     Whatever people thought or said about the elves, whatever slurs and indignities they hurled at the “knife ears,” they still had to acknowledge that they owed their nations survival and the existence of their lineages to his selfless slaying of the Archdemon Andoral.

   • 2021, Daniel Jimenez, Venture:

     The cafeteria fell into silence and everyone turned their faces towards the elf. “Damn knife ears,” someone mumbled. The twins looked at the man with glasses and pointy ears.