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batboy

batboy noun: a boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play.

Noun

batboy (plural batboys)

  1. A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play.

Forms of batboy

pluralbatboys

Origin of batboy

From bat + boy.

Questions about batboy

What does batboy mean?
Batboy means a boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play.
What part of speech is batboy?
Batboy is a noun.
What is the plural of batboy?
The plural of batboy is batboys.

Words near batboy in the dictionary

  1. Batavo-
  2. Batavophone
  3. Batavophones
  4. Batayan
  5. Bataysk
  6. batboy
  7. batboys
  8. batcape
  9. batcapes
  10. batcaver
  11. batcavers

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