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Batʹtledore (3 syl.)

means, properly, a baton for washing linen by striking on it to knock out the dirt. The plan is still common in France. The word is the French battoir, a beater used by washerwomen; Portuguese, Batidor, Spanish, batidero, a wash-board.

 

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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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Battels
Battersea
Battle
Battle of the Frogs and Mice (The)
Battle of the Kegs (The)
Battle of the Poets (The)
Battle of the Whips
Battle (Sarah)
Battledore
Battu
Battu de fol Oiseau (Etre)
Battus paieront (Les)
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Bauble
Baucis
Baviad (The)
Bavieca
Bavius
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