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batz

batz noun: a batzen (former small copper coin from Germany and Switzerland).

Noun

batz (plural batzes or batzen)

  1. (historical) A batzen (former small copper coin from Germany and Switzerland).
    • In old times, if a Coniston peasant had any business at Ulverstone, he walked to Ulverstone; spent nothing but shoe-leather on the road, drank at the streams, and if he spent a couple of batz when he got to Ulverstone, "it was the end of the world." But now, he would never think of doing such a...1874 June 6, John Ruskin, “Letter XLIV”, in Fors Clavigera. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, volume IV, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, pages 166–167

Forms of batz

pluralbatzes
pluralbatzen

Origin of batz

From German Batz, Batze, Batzen (“a coin bearing the image of a bear”).

Questions about batz

What does batz mean?
Batz means a batzen (former small copper coin from Germany and Switzerland).
What part of speech is batz?
Batz is a noun.
What is the plural of batz?
The plural of batz is batzes.

Words near batz in the dictionary

  1. batwoman
  2. batwomen
  3. Baty
  4. Batyrbayan
  5. Batys
  6. batz
  7. Batzel
  8. Batzels
  9. batzen
  10. batzens
  11. batzes

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