10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD BAT»
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old bat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
old bat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Lucky Baseball
Bat: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
Marty loses his lucky baseball bat, and his confidence along with it, and wonders if he will recover both in time to help the Tigers win the championship.
2
The Life Cycle of a
Bat
Male little brown bats take longer mother's body, until it is able to rind rood to
complete their life cycles. They are not on its own. Little brown bats grow quickly!
mature until the following summer. three-week-old bat JTur-sery colonies <3fro*
rixicj ...
Rebecca Sjonger, Bobbie Kalman, 2006
3
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
248, 1977 Old bag noun 1 an unattractive or unloveable old woman UK, 1949
Disparaging; possibly a variant of OLD BAT, cognisant of the following sense as '
an elderly prostitute' which itself may derive from OLD BAT. Ray Puxley, writing in
...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
4
Survey English Dialects
... bsum[old], ba:m Y Ch[old xl] Db St[old x2] Wa L Lei, baj:m La Ch O(old], baj:jm
La \[old], bat;m Sa He[old] Wo Wa Gl O Nth So[old xl, from malt xl] W/oW xl] Co D
Do Ha, ba:m Ch St/oW7 Wo[oldxl]VJa Lei Nf/oW7, ba:tm Brk, bo:m Stfold], bat:r,m
...
5
Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar
... bsum[old], ba:m Y Ch[old xl] Db St[old x2] Wa L Lei, baj:m La Ch O(old], baj:jm
La \[old], bat;m Sa He[old] Wo Wa Gl O Nth So[old xl, from malt xl] W/oW xl] Co D
Do Ha, ba:m Ch St/oW7 Wo[oldxl]VJa Lei Nf/oW7, ba:tm Brk, bo:m Stfold], bat:r,m
...
Clive Upton, David Parry, John David Allison Widdowson, 1994
6
Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
OLD BAT an old bat. A disagreeable, unpleasant, or repulsive old woman.
Source: BAT. WNNCD: 14th cent. Throughout the 20th cent., bats have been
regarded as repulsive creatures — fly-by -nights (q.v.) — that get in your hair,
suck your ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
7
Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest
In the old days, when Old Bat guarded the large sums of money carried on cattle-
buying expeditions, Slaughter knew no robber would ever get the treasure
without killing the Negro first. Old Bat was faithful to the last drop of his blood.
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Gun Justice: The Unforgettable Story Of Texas John ...
Slaughter helped Old Bat through the door into the bordello and shut it against
the hot lead that sounded like hail beating against the walls. From overhead
came the sharp report of Del Hooper's Winchester. Slaughter leaned against the
wall ...
9
The United Service Magazine
The carriage drive ran for a short distance through a belt of wood, so that old
Bat's cottage was well sheltered, and in the calm peaceful summer evenings the
smoke rose up in a slender column, and then spread over the scene a thin blue ...
Arthur William Alsager Pollock, 1889
Terry played baseball in high school, always loved the game, even played in the
Marine Corps, so he immediately appreciated the nice old bat. White ash,
wrapped handle that showed lots of wear, but well-balanced, the hand-turned bat
was ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD BAT»
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old bat is used in the context of the following news items.
Erlangen cricket Club eV qualified for the won the Championship in …
He muses that it was the moment when his son, Marcel, found an old bat lying in the basement and said he wanted to play with him, that moment made him ... «DAWN.com, Jul 15»
In this digital no man's land, even a fleeting human connection …
I grew up in a small town, and I vividly remember my teenage mortification when some prurient-minded old bat reported to my mother a lurid ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Go on, go on - we share a cup of tea with Father Ted's Mrs Doyle
“I'm not so sure that I always wanted to be remembered and recognised as a mad old bat for the rest of my life but there we are. I should count ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
Double the pleasure: Oilers with 2 walk-off wins at Bradner
Joe Kamenicky, the Olean Oilers' 7-year-old bat boy, then asked Sam Kysor to do it again. And the former Port Allegany, Pa., standout obliged. «Olean Times Herald, Jul 15»
Technobubble Wrap: Peanut butter wings, Yoda and game reviews
... literally putting the pedal to the metal and adding Batmobile sequences — a lot of Batmobile sequences — to freshen up the old Bat formula. «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»
Childhood memories of the Kenosha Twins
They happily obliged, and one player held the old bat model — a Louisville Slugger Model M110 Pro Stock — and remarked how good it felt all ... «Kenosha News, Jul 15»
Harvard Prof's Rare Photograph Of A Nycteribiidae Attached To …
“A couple of years ago, a 20-million-year-old bat fly fossil was found encased in ancient amber, already showing modifications such as ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
'Whistler's Mother' in pop culture
... Moorad (@ZeenatMoorad) March 11, 2015. In “Mr. Bean: The Movie,” the title character calls her a “hideous old bat” and colors over her face: ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Batman: Arkham Knight — Gut-Wrenchingly Satisfying
Luckily, you can teach an old Bat new tricks, since the Dark Knight employs a few new gadgets, such as the Voice Synthesizer. Using the voice ... «Tom's Guide, Jul 15»
REVIEW: Nothing Fawlty about this great Basil reboot
But many of my favourite scenes from the evening starred Barbara Springthorne who played the deaf old bat Mrs Richards and wound Basil ... «Leighton Buzzard Today, Jul 15»
