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Batcape en · NOUN

Etymology

From bat + cape, by analogy with Batman.

Meanings

1. A cape, particularly one that resembles the long, black one worn by Batman.
   • Jamie was sitting in Daisy's cot next to her, wearing his new Batman outfit, back to front, attempting to tie his Batcape around his protesting baby sister. 2014, Maeve Haran, The Time of their Lives:
   • He had four months to make a special-effects extravaganza that had to make every want to wear a Batcape next Halloween. 1996, Nancy Griffin, Kim Masters, Hit & Run, page 168:
   • Tears streaming down the boy's face, though he was still hanging on, blanket flapping out like a Batcape. 2008, James Jauncey, The Witness, page 42:

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