Wiktionary

battner

English edit

Etymology edit

batten +‎ -er; so called because beef is apt to batten or fatten those that eat it.

Noun edit

battner (plural battners)

  1. (slang, obsolete) An ox.
    The cove has hushed the battner; i.e. has killed the ox.

References edit

  • Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Anagrams edit

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