batchies

Noun (1)

batchy (plural batchies)

1. (slang) An apartment consisting mainly of one large room which is the living room, dining room, and bedroom combined.
   • Well, they argue until in the end Brackley find himself holding on to Teena suitcase and they on the way to the little batchy he have in Golders Green at the time.1957, Sam Selvon, “Brackley and the Bed”, in Victor J. Ramraj, editor, An Anthology of World Writing in English, Peterborough: Broadview Press, published 1995, pages 374–375

   Synonyms:

   bachelor apartment, studio apartment

2. (dated, slang) An unmarried man, a bachelor; a roommate who is a fellow bachelor.
   • For the batchies, Dr. Gieseler was on the firing line, but he weakened toward the end, after having his opponents at his mercy, and let the married men clout the ball all over the lot.1912, H. F. Harrington, T. T. Frankenberg, Essentials in Journalism, Boston: Ginn, page 240

Noun (2)

batchy (plural batchies)

1. (Scotland, obsolete, slang) A baker.

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