batfowler en · NOUN
Etymology
Compound of bat + fowler.
Meanings
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One who takes part in bat-fowling.
He has eaten for his supper an entire chicken boiled in a lardpail he, and he himself is the batfowler who crossed like smoke the dark garden patches above First Creek […]
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 137:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bat-fowler | alternative | lexicographic | |
| batfowlers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |