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name
A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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name
A surname transferred from the given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A shoe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Polari, plural-normally
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noun
Clipping of battery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
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History
* As an English surname, a pet form of Bartholomew. * Also as an English surname, possibly from Old English batt (“cudgel”); see modern bat. * As a German surname, from a derivative of Medieval Latin beatus (“blessed”).
Late Middle English in the sense "piece, lump," of uncertain origin, but possibly related to the noun bat with the sense of "beaten" fabric.
Across languages
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