bat - one of its meaning is any stout stick, esp a wooden one; a blow from such a stick
I'd like to say that Collins Dictionary gives this definition as the first one;
the second is:
any placental mammal of the order Chiroptera, being a nocturnal mouselike animal flying with a pair of membranous wings (patagia). The group is divided into the Megachiroptera (fruit bats) and Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats).
This nut was hard but I cracked it, Rod! Thank you for the prompt.
New: add ‘l’ to directly above to get either of the two people involved in a love affair
It is possible that the word for hit the ball is purely American; although , I believe it is used in a different English sport too. Think of American baseball
keep the wolf from the door means figurally to maintain oneself at a minimal level; to have enough money to be able to eat and live
Ex.: Forty percent of the country's population receive part-time wages that barely keep the wolf from the door.
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bat - one of its meaning is any stout stick, esp a wooden one; a blow from such a stick
I'd like to say that Collins Dictionary gives this definition as the first one;
the second is:
any placental mammal of the order Chiroptera, being a nocturnal mouselike animal flying with a pair of membranous wings (patagia). The group is divided into the Megachiroptera (fruit bats) and Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats).
This nut was hard but I cracked it, Rod! Thank you for the prompt.
New: add ‘l’ to directly above to get either of the two people involved in a love affair
New: troublesome
New : excited
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New: tropical
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(Collins Dictionary)
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Ex.: Forty percent of the country's population receive part-time wages that barely keep the wolf from the door.
New: down to the wire
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