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on the batter

on the batter prepositional phrase: engaged in prostitution.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) Engaged in prostitution.
    • So, going on the batter was a good way of getting money.1975, Jan Mercer, The Other Half: Women in Australian Society (page 350)
    • To go on the batter was to walk the streets as a prostitute.2003, Paul Baker, Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men, page 164

Questions about on the batter

What does on the batter mean?
On the batter means engaged in prostitution.
What part of speech is on the batter?
On the batter is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the batter in the dictionary

  1. on the back foot
  2. on the back of
  3. on the ball
  4. on the bash
  5. on the basis of
  6. on the batter
  7. on the beach
  8. on the beat
  9. on the bench
  10. on the bias
  11. on the blanket

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