Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tears and cheers n.

[rhy. sl.]

(US) ears.

1928		M.C. Sharpe Chicago May: Her Story in Hamilton (1952) 132: Tears and cheers – ears.
1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks.
1944		Maurer & Baker ‘“Aus.” Rhyming Argot’ in AS XIX:3.