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Bat-horses

and Bat-men. Bat-horses are those which carry officersʹ baggage during a campaign (French, bât, a pack-saddle). Bat-men are those who look after the pack-horses.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Basilisk
Basket
Basochians
Bass
Bastard
Baste
Bastille
Bastinado
Bastion (A)
Bat
Bat-horses
Batavia
Bate me an Ace
Bath
Bath Brick
Bath Chair (A)
Bath Metal
Bath Post
Bath Shillings
Bath Stone
Bath (Major)